Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. E. F. Schumacher
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. James Oppenheim
Our lives are frittered away by detail; simplify, simplify. Henry David Thoreau
Success is useless, if we become ill thereby. Exercise, raw food, and leisure can extend our life. Rainer Seiffert
My own prescription for health is less paperwork and more running barefoot through the grass. Leslie Grimutter
Old Farmer's Advice: Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy. Hippocrates
Avoid popularity if you would have peace. Abraham Lincoln
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. Tom Watson
Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours. Dale Carnegie
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. Dale Carnegie
The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back. Dale Carnegie
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it. Dale Carnegie
Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto. Dale Carnegie
Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning... C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust? C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
“It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.” - Margaret Mead
