THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT GROWING OLD We don't become more moral as we grow older, we just choose our sins more carefully. Funny, Funny World
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SOLITUDE You need a great deal of solitude to understand anything at all. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, as reported in Forbes.
A PERSPECTIVE FOR LIFE See everything, overlook a lot, correct a little. Pope John XXIII, as quoted in Bits & Pieces.
LOOKING FOR THE WEASEL WORD A junior senator to a senior senator: "What's a good word for 'No' that sounds like 'Yes?'" Funny, Funny World
OBJECTIVITY There are two sides to every question -- as long as it doesn't concern us personally.
IMAGINATION is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein
IMPOSSIBLE Don't say that nothin' is impossible . . . until you've tried to teach your dog to eat an artichoke. Funny, Funny World
A CHRISTMAS REALIST A little boy paid a visit to Santa in the department store and presented him with a list of requests: a bicycle, a train, a bat and ball, a rocket set, and…
GOD STOOPS TO US The depths of shame to which Jesus stooped was thrust quite suddenly upon the consciousness of a missionary held captive by the Chinese Communists. In his book, When Iron Gates Yield,…
DICKENS ON CHRISTMAS I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round . . . as a good time: a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in…
MUCH MORE ' Twas much, that man was made like God before. But, that God should be made like man, much more. John Donne
A LETTER TO SANTA Dear Santa Claus: You'll probably be surprised to receive this letter from an adult. You may be even more surprised as you read it to find that the writer is neither…
ANOTHER VIEW OF SANTA No Santa Claus! Thank God, he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad…
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Orville and Wilbur Wright had tried repeatedly to fly a heavier-than-air craft. Finally one December day, off the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they did what man had never done…
THE MIRACLE OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH The grounds for belief and disbelief are the same today as they were two thousand or ten thousand -- years ago. If Joseph had lacked faith to trust God…
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR CHRISTMAS I. Thou shalt not leave Christ out of Christmas, making it 'Xmas' for this is the sign that thou art lazy-minded, and spiritually listless. To most minds 'X' stands not…
CHRISTMAS ALL YEAR A good conscience is a continual Christmas. Benjamin Franklin
A CHILD'S UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTMAS This past Christmas my 4-year-old had made up his own version of the second verse of "Away In A Manger." Most people sing "The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes…
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT -- MODERN VERSION It was the Christmas season a few years ago and Lou, the barber of the writer, showed the stuff of heroism. Though he is well past 50, he is…
PICKING THE CHRISTMAS TREE It was a crisp, sunny afternoon in late November, and we were searching for a tree at the Christmas tree farm. We always relish the task, as members of the family…
