Courtesy of Gretchen Rubin Moment of Happiness
I think that it is useless to fight directly against natural weaknesses…in the ordinary course of life one has to know these weaknesses, prudently take them into account, and strive to turn them to good purpose; for they are all capable of being put to some good purpose.
SIMONE WEIL
Waiting For God
Bad luck in small doses can cast a glittering light on the rest of life.
ANN PATCHETT
“Sometimes the Luck Is in the Fall”
The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
“Sometimes the Luck Is in the Fall”
One thing I have learned about attention is that certain forms of it are contagious. When you spend enough time with someone who pays close attention to something (if you were hanging out with me, it would be birds), you inevitably start to pay attention to some of the same things.”
JENNY ODELL
How to Do Nothing
I love a broad margin to my life.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Walden
Any pleasure that does no harm to other people is to be valued.
BERTRAND RUSSELL
The Conquest of Happiness
I am a great believer in the seasons. Even here in my own world, I have no relish for sweet corn in January or strawberries in November.
PEARL S. BUCK
My Several Worlds
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
GEORGE SANTAYANA
The Life of Reason: Human Understanding
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
