QUOTES

“Do not look back. And do not dream about the future, either. It will neither give you back the past, nor satisfy your other daydreams. Your duty, your reward—your destiny—are here and now.”

– Dag Hammarskjold, Markings –

Washington Square Park, New York City

“The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.”

– Yutang Lin –

“If someone asked me what my idea of luxury is, I think my answer would be: flowers in the house all year around.”

– Mary Sarton, Plant Dreaming Deep –

“Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything… we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for one who has the vision to realize it as such.”

– Henry Miller, The Henry Miller Reader –

“Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.”

– W.H. Sheldon –