“Your children are not your children / They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself / They came through you but not from you / And they are with you yet they belong not to you.”
"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution."
- Kahlil Gibran
Compassion
"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention."
- Kahlil Gibran
Compassion
"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."
- Kahlil Gibran
Resilience
"Life without liberty is like a body without spirit."
- Kahlil Gibran
Belief
"Let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but not make a bond of love: Let it be rather a moving sea between the shores of your souls."
- Kahlil Gibran
Love
"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."
- Archer
Philosophy
"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."
- Paine
Philosophy
"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."
- Eric Sevareid
Philosophy
"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Philosophy
"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
- G.K. Chesterton
Philosophy