Despair is an aspect of spirit, it has to do with the eternal in a person.

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"Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself."

- Søren Kierkegaard

Love

"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true."

- Søren Kierkegaard

Awareness

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."

- Søren Kierkegaard

Awareness

"Hope is a passion for the possible."

- Søren Kierkegaard

Hope

"Once you label me you negate me."

- Søren Kierkegaard

Self-awareness

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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

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"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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