“People are partying, songs are being sung, Sugarplums are dancing, all in holiday fun. Presents are under the tree, reindeer fly high above, peace on earth, goodwill to all, sending joy and love!”

“As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same.”

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”

“People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it-walk.”

“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.”

“We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less. ”

“May the spirit of the season be with you today and throughout the new year! ”

“Life is not the way it is supposed to be. It is the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference. ”

“Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than before. ”

“I want to be everybody, and I want to be everything. One life is not enough. ”

“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. ”

“To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.”

“Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. ”

“An open mind is like an open window. It lets the fresh air in. ”

“Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. ”

“Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself. ”

“We must have a pure, honest, and warm-hearted motivation, and on top of that, determination, optimism, hope, and the ability not to be discouraged. The whole of humanity depends on this motivation. ”

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”

“Happiness is always a by-product. You don't make yourself happy by chasing happiness. You make yourself happy by being a good person.”

“In the face of uncertainty there is nothing wrong with hope.”

“Have the courage of your desire.”

“If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run - Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son! ”

“I don't think about what I have done. I only think of the things I want to do, and I haven't done.”

“The greatest oak was once a little nut that held its ground.”

“Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.”

“If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. ”

“So act that your principle of action might safely be made law for the whole world. ”

“The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.”

“Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict. ”

“Some things have to be believed to be seen. ”

“Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another. ”

“Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.”

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars... ”