Olivia N

“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
― Seneca

“If we were to one day encounter a form of life more powerful and intelligent than our own, and it regarded us as we regard fish, what would be our argument against being eaten?”
― Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals

“When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.”
― Shirley Chisholm

“I don’t quite have a plan, but I think now I sort of have a plan for how to make a plan for coming up with a plan.”
― Frances Hardinge, A Face Like Glass