“The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.”
""The purpose of life is not to be happy — but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.""
- Leo Rosten
Inspiration
"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong."
- Leo Rosten
Strength
"The purpose of life is not to be happy, but to matter– to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all."
- Leo Rosten
Service
"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