Christmas is waiting to be born: in you, in me, in all mankind.

Often, to be free means the ability to deal with the realities of one's own situation so as not to be overcome by them.

If a man knows precisely what he can do to you or what epithet he can hurl against you in order to make you lose your temper, your equilibrium, then he can always keep you under subjection.

keep fresh before me the moments of my high resolve.

And this is the strangest of all paradoxes of the human adventure; we live inside all experience, but we are permitted to bear witness only to the outside. Such is the riddle of life and the story of the passing of our days.

In whatever sense this year is a new year for you, may the moment find you eager and unafraid, ready to take it by the hand with joy and gratitude.

What the world need is people who have come alive.