In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

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"Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind."

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Awareness

"Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers."

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Hope

"Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers"

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Hope

"“In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.”"

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Hope

"When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death — that is heroism."

- Robert Green Ingersoll

Courage

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"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."

- Archer

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"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

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"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

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"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

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