“Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.”
"A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them."
- Victor Hugo
Love
"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."
- Victor Hugo
New Beginnings
"What is love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul."
- Victor Hugo
Love
"Intoxications of life's morning! Enchanted years! The wing of a dragonfly trembles! Oh, reader, whoever you may be, do you have such memories?"
- Victor Hugo
Nature
"Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots."
- Victor Hugo
Change
"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