"If you try to aim for it, you are turning away from it."
- Zen Proverb
Awareness
"Change how you see and see how you change."
- Zen Proverb
Change
"Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day."
- Zen Proverb
Wisdom
"To be calm is the highest achievement of the self."
- Zen Proverb
Wisdom
"Obstacles do not block the path; they are the path."
- Zen Proverb
Overcoming Obstacles
"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