Pain and joy are like light and darkness; they are two sides of the same medal. They are interdependent and inseparably connected to each other.
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Common people pray for rain, healthy children and a summer that never ends. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.
