Quote of the day

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"He cannot be a gentleman which loveth not a dog."

- John Northbrooke

Simplify, simplify.

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"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

- Henry David Thoreau via zenhabits

Childhood

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"If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older."

- Tom Stoppard

Sleep Deprivation

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Six hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool.

- Napoleon Bonaparte

False bravado .. as any new father can attest to :)

Graceful Simplicity

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"The point of an economy, even a dynamic economy, is not to have more and more; it is to liberate us from the economic--to provide a material platform from which we may go on to build the good life. That's the alternative American dream."

-Jerome M. Segal's Graceful Simplicity: Toward a Philosophy and Politics of Simple of Living via No Impact Man

Simplicity

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

- Leonardo da Vinci

Possibilities

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"In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities,
in the expert’s mind there are few.”

—Shunryu Suzuki

One to think about :)

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"Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day."

Harry S Truman

Dividing Line ..

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"The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being."

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago

Resolve to ..

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"Whatever the tasks, do them slowly
with ease,
in mindfulness,
so not do any tasks with the goal
of getting them over with.
Resolve to each job in a relaxed way,
with all your attention."

- Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Master via Zen Habits