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“Simplicity clarity singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.”
“To live content with small means to seek elegance rather than luxury and refinement rather than fashion to be worthy not respectable and wealthy not rich to study hard think quietly talk gently act...”
“Manifest plainness Embrace simplicity Reduce selfishness Have few desires.”
“Fear less hope more eat less chew more whine less breathe more talk less say more love more and all good things will be yours.”
“To live and let live without clamor for distinction or recognition to wait on divine Love to write truth first on the tablet of one's own heart-this is the sanity and perfection of living and my hu...”
“Do all the good you can By all the means you can In all the ways you can In all the places you can At all the times you can.”
“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearl...”
“Accept the pain cherish the joys resolve the regrets then can come the best of benedictions-"If I had my life to live over I'd do it all the same."”
“The way of a superior man is threefold: Virtuous he is free from anxieties wise he is free from perplexities bold he is free from fear.”
“Virtue like a dowerless beauty has more admirers than followers.”
“We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and truly laid.”
“Though language forms the preacher 'Tis "good works" make the man.”
“All times are beautiful for those who maintain joy within them but there is no happy or favorable time for those with disconsolate or orphaned souls.”
“When you're in your nineties and looking back it's not going to be how much money you made or how many awards you've won. It's really what did you stand for. Did you make a positive difference for ...”
“For attractive lips speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes seek out the good in people. For a slim figure share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair let a child run his or her fingers th...”
“If an Arab in the desert were suddenly to discover a spring in his tent and so would always be able to have water in abundance how fortunate he would consider himself so too when a man who ... is a...”
“Happiness is not in our circumstances but in ourselves. It is not something we see like a rainbow or feel like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are.”
“Seek not outside yourself heaven is within.”
“If we have not peace within ourselves it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.”
“Most true happiness comes from one's inner life from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly a good inner life is difficult to achieve especially in these trying times. It takes reflection...”
