In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. – Henry Ward Beecher
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run. – Abraham Lincoln
In the flush of love’s light, we dare be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. – Maya Angelou
Grounded in the natural philosophy of the Middle Ages, alchemy formed a bridge: on the one hand into the past, to Gnosticism, and on the other into the future, to the modern psychology of the unconscious. – Carl Jung
We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature’s greatest healers. – Ellsworth Huntington
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. – Neil Gaiman
Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people…but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us. – Steve Maraboli
Life isn’t always black and white. You’re not always sure you’re right. At least I’m not. – Brad Paisley
I love the excitement, the childlike spirit of innocence and just about everything that goes along with Christmas. – Hillary Scott
Santa is our culture’s only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It’s a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that’s a pity. – Chris Van Allsburg
As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people’s ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life. – Amy Poehler
Success is something you experience when you act accordingly. Success is not something you have, it’s something you do. – Steve Maraboli
You’re going to die. You’re going to be dead. It could be 20 years, it could be tomorrow, anytime. So am I. I mean, we’re just going to be gone. The world’s going to go on without us. All right now. You do your job in the face of that, and how seriously you take yourself you decide for yourself. – Bob Dylan
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. – Abraham Lincoln
There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas. – Robert Staughton Lynd