“Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.” ― Elise Boulding
“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness that I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.” – Stephen Grellet
“Even though you may want to more forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today?” – Mary Manin Morissey
“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” – Mary Engelbreit
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” – Haruki Murakami
“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.” – George Bernard Shaw
“We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.”
– Neal A. Maxwell
“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” ― Pablo Picasso
There are really only three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who say,”What happened?” – Ann Landers
“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” ― C.S. Lewis
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