“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
"There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But who wants easier?"
- Mary Oliver
Love
"to live in this world / you must be able / to do three things / to love what is mortal; / to hold it / against your bones knowing / your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, / to let it go"
- Mary Oliver
Love
"It is a serious thing – just to be alive – on this fresh morning – in this broken world."
- Mary Oliver
Awareness
"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."
- Mary Oliver
Awareness
"It is a serious thing–just to be alive–on this fresh morning–in this broken world."
- Mary Oliver
Awareness
"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