“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”
― A Christmas Carol
― A Christmas Carol
“For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.”
― A Christmas Carol
― A Christmas Carol
“Karma is the beginning of knowledge. Next is patience. Patience is very important. The strong are the patient ones, Anjin-san. patience means holding back your inclination to the seven emotions: hate, adoration, joy, anxiety, anger, grief, fear. If you don't give way to the seven, you're patient, then you'll soon understand all manner of things and be in harmony with Eternity.”
― Shōgun
― Shōgun
“A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return”
― The Bhagavad Gita
― The Bhagavad Gita
“Maybe there aren't any such things as good friends or bad friends - maybe there are just friends, people who stand by you when you're hurt and who help you feel not so lonely. Maybe they're always worth being scared for, and hoping for, and living for. Maybe worth dying for too, if that's what has to be. No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.”
― It
― It
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