Courtesy of Gretchen Rubin Moment of Happiness
The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table
I have reached the stage now where luxury is not in fine possessions but in carefree possessions, and the greatest luxury of all would be the completely expendable.
NAN FAIRBROTHER
The House in the Country
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: it’s good to be silly at the right moment.
HORACE
Odes
Rich colours actually look more luminous on a grey day, because they are seen against a somber background and seem to be burning with a lustre of their own. Against a dark sky all flowers look like fireworks.
G. K. CHESTERTON
“The Glory of Grey” from In Defense of Sanity
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Walden
One tree is like another tree, but not too much. One tulip is like the next tulip, but not altogether. More or less like people—a general outline, then the stunning individual strokes.
MARY OLIVER
Upstream: Selected Essays
Our streets are calendars containing who we were and who we will be next.
COLSON WHITEHEAD
The Colossus of New York
Sweep everything under the rug for long enough, and you have to move right out of the house.
RACHEL INGALLS
Mrs. Caliban
If we do not alter with the times, the times yet alter us. We may stand perfectly still, but our surroundings shift round and we are not in the same relationship to them for long; just as a chameleon, matching perfectly the greenness of a leaf, should know that the leaf will one day fade.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
A Game of Hide-and-Seek
There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON
Their Eyes Were Watching God
I should pursue only those habits that would make me feel freer and stronger.
Look for happiness under your own roof.
GRETCHEN RUBIN
