Mother, here is Thy knowledge and here is Thy ignorance. Take them both, and give me only pure love.
Christmas Quotes
Most of the quotes on this page are not about Christmas at all. We built it from the pages on family, love and gratitude, which is what people tend to want for a card or a toast.
That makes it a long list, ordered by quality rather than by how seasonal each entry feels. If you want something that sounds like Christmas, search for it. If you want something that would be true at any family table, start here.
If there is no love more in yonder heart, it is but a corpse unburied.
It is a miserable thing to love where one hates; and yet it is not inconsistent.
The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.
Know thou that the love of thyself is more hurtful to thee than anything in the world.
Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.