Modern Life
“This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.” –Matthew Arnold
Meditation
New Distractions
“There is never a time when new distraction will not show up; we sow them, so several will grow from the same seed.” ― Seneca the Younger
Thousands Of Candles
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the single candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” –Gautama Buddha
Successive Means
“Neither god, nor angels, or just men, command you to suffer for a single moment. Therefore it is your solemn and imperative duty to use every means, both moral, intellectual, and physical that promises success.” –Henry Highland Garnet
The Elusive Butterfly
“Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” –Nathaniel Hawthorne
No Ordinary Moments
“There are no ordinary moments. Every moment has within it the seed of something miraculous.” –Dan Millman
The Environment Within
“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” –John Muir
Perspective Colors All
“It is not difficulties that are the problem but our perception of them that is the problem.”
Improve The Probability
“You can improve the probability that you will have a good outcome by improving your decision making.” –Annie Duke