Ella

"Kun joulu alkaa, sota loppuu. (Koska tää on sota-alus ja niillä on jouluna sotakielto)" -A

"When Christmas begins, the war ends."

-A (6 years)

"Essulapappa"

"I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened"

(Mark Twain)

Crooked

"My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?"

(C.S. Lewis)

Ekku

"Vad våldet må skapa är vanskligt och kort,Det dör som en stormvind i öknen bort."
(Esaias Tegnér)

Kukkaruukku

"We cannot avoid using power, cannot escape the compulsion to afflict the world, so let us, cautious in diction and mighty in contradiction, love powerfully."

(Martin Buber)

Lönttöpää

"Jätskikiskalta voi tilata, elämältä ei."

"Kakkulakäkkä"

"There is a lot of hard work that needs to be done"
(Martti Ahtisaari)

"Kekkeri"

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. 

There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. 

Think of it--always."

(Mahatma Gandhi)

"Kekkilä"

"Bad times, hard times-this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times."

-- St. Augustine

"Kakku"

"Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day."
- Jesus Christ

"Stella"

"All you need is love. Love is all you need."

(John Lennon)

"Alus"

"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."

(Mother Teresa)

"Pelleri"

"If I can stop one heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain;

If I can ease one life the aching,

Or cool one pain,

Or help one fainting robin

Unto his nest again,

I shall not live in vain."

(Emily Dickinson)

"Neli"

“I do not want to foresee the future. 

I am concerned with taking care of the present. 

God has given me no control over the moment following.”

(Mahatma Gandhi)

"Elisa"

"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle."

(St. Francis of Assisi)

"Elli"

"You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them."

(Desmond Tutu)

"Essu"

"Though everything is a mess, all is well." (Anthony de Mello)