“The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.”
"Love is being stupid together."
- Paul Valéry
Love
""Love is being stupid together.""
- Paul Valéry
Love
"The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best."
- Paul Valéry
Awareness
"An artist never really finishes his work; he merely abandons it."
- Paul Valéry
Inspiration
"The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be."
- Paul Valéry
Philosophy
"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