zitat i
Pono kēlā me kēia lā i nā manawa o ka hāmau
no kahi kamaʻilio no ʻelua, pule, puke maikaʻi
a he hele wāwae paha.
Rainer Haak
Makehewa nā kamaʻilio ʻana a pau
ke ʻaʻohe hilinaʻi.
ʻO Franz Kafka
E hoʻomaopopo i kekahi i kekahi
makemake wale ka poʻe i kekahi mau huaʻōlelo.
Pono lākou i nā huaʻōlelo he nui wale
i maopopo ʻole ai kekahi i kekahi.
ʻIke ʻole ʻia
Ma hea ʻaʻohe kamaʻilio hou
hoʻomaka ka hana ʻino.
Socrates
ʻO ka pule i koʻu manaʻo
ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe i ke kamaʻilio ʻana me kahi hoa
me ia mākou e hui pinepine ai me ka hauʻoli.
e kamaʻilio pū me ia no ka mea aloha ʻo ia iā mākou.
Theresa o Avila
ʻO ka Advent a me ke Kalikimaka he keyhole
ma o kā mākou ala honua pouli
hāʻule kahi leka mai ka home.
ʻO Friedrich von Bodelschwingh
Hoʻolauleʻa mākou i ke Kalikimaka i hiki ai i kēia hānau i loko o mākou
Hiki i nā poʻe. Akā inā ʻaʻole hiki i loko oʻu, he aha ka mea e kōkua ai
ʻO ʻoe iaʻu a laila? Kūpono ia i loko oʻu pū, ma laila e moe ai nā mea āpau.
ʻO Master Eckhart
... a hoʻi wau i ka hale no ka Kalikimaka.
Hana mākou āpau a hana paha.
Hele mākou i ka home a home paha.
No kahi hoʻomaha pōkole, ʻo ka lōʻihi ka ʻoi aku,
e lawe i loko a hoʻomaha.
Charles Dickens
Na Iesu e hoʻopōmaikaʻi a mālama iā ʻoe a me nā mea āpau me ʻoe.
ʻO Maria Ward