"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished."

-- Francis Pharcellus Church

#Light Quotes #Sight Quotes #Virginia Quotes

“The whole idea is to get an edge. Sometimes it takes just a little extra something to get that edge, but you have to have it.”
“I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that I could. The sense of humour here is great - once I could have a giggle, I settled down.”

Source : "She shoots, she scores". Interview with Neil Spencer, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2003.
“If you say to yourself 'It's difficult to get up in the morning', 'It's hard to cease smoking', then you are already using hypnotic suggestions on yourself”
“The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.”
“There is always an inertia to be overcome in striking out a new line of conduct â€“ not more in ourselves, it seems, than in circumscribing events, which appear as if leagued together to allow no novelties in the way of amelioration.”
“What is any religion? A little ritual, a little superstition, and some magic. It's not a strictly spiritual affair; it has psychological roles to fulfill. You might not want it to be a religion based on your own experience but that's like wanting to clean up your dreams”
“We will never end poverty if we don't tackle climate change.”

Source : "Transcript: Pre-Spring Meetings Bloggers Teleconference with World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim". www.worldbank.org. April 16, 2013.
“A wise man sings his joy in the closet of his heart.”

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