"We ring the bells and we raise the strain We hang up garlands everywhere And bid the tapers twinkle fair, And feast and frolic - and then we go Back to the same old lives again."

-- Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

#Christmas Quotes #Bells Quotes #Garlands Quotes

“The absolute truth is that the 'I' is perfect and complete; the real 'I' is spiritual and can therefor never be less than perfect; it can never have any lack, limitation, or disease.”
“In whose delusional mind is democracy made 'better' by allowing wealthy people to control more of it?”
“When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.”
“When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day's occupation that is known as the cocktail hour. It marks the lifeward turn. The heart wakens from coma and its dyspnea ends. Its strengthening pulse is to cross over into campground, to believe that the world has not been altogether lost or, if lost, then not altogether in vain.”

Source : 1951 The Hour.
“There are several very good websites which describe the details of preparedness planning for citizens.”
“[On The Waste Land:] Various critics have done me the honor to interpret the poem in terms of criticism of the contemporary world, have considered it, indeed, as an important bit of social criticism. To me it was only the relief of a personal and wholly insignificant grouse against life; it is just a piece of rhythmical grumbling.”
“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: A day that reveals to him, more than all other days of the year, the gross injustices and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him your celebration is a sham.”
“At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.”

Source : Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie (1580)

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