"Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers, we more than gain in fruits."
- Samuel Butler
Balance
"Friendship is like money—easier made than kept."
- Samuel Butler
Relationships
"Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself."
- Samuel Butler
Creativity
"To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead."
- Samuel Butler
Reflection
"Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only."
- Samuel Butler
Gratitude
"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