“See the gold sunshine patching, / And streaming and streaking across / The gray-green oaks; and catching, / By its soft brown beard, the moss.”
"Respect is what we owe; love, what we give."
- Philip James Bailey
Love
"Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth."
- Philip James Bailey
Faith
"Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade."
- Philip James Bailey
Reflection
"It matters not how long we live but how."
- Philip James Bailey
Philosophy
"The Sun, center, and sire of light, the keystone of the world-built arch of heaven."
- Philip James Bailey
Nature
"Christmas is a time when you get homesick, even when you're home."
- Carol Nelson
Nature
"We count down the days just to experience it nearly exactly as we always have. It is so comfortable, familiar and perfectly nostalgic that, frankly, we have no desire to improve upon it at all."
- Joanna Gaines
Nature
"The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood."
- Richard Paul Evans
Nature
"Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime."
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nature
"We count down the days just to experience it nearly exactly as we always have. It is so comfortable, familiar, and perfectly nostalgic that, frankly, we have no desire to improve upon it at all."
- Joanna Gaines
Nature