Genuine listening means suspending memory, desire, and judgment —

and, for a moment at least, existing for the other person.

— Michael P. Nichols

"Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory."-

Susan B. Anthony

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought,

and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

~G.K. Chesterton

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

G.K. Chesterton

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!

Hamilton Wright Mabie

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.

Mary Ellen Chase

I wish I could put some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.

-Harlan Mill