As our relationship grew, his bristles felt less like attacks and more like witty, playful jabs that I could parry or call him out on.
“Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have. —RABBI HYMAN SCHACHTEL”
― Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
― Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
“But fame isn’t what gets me out of bed in the morning. It’s purpose.”
― This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare
― This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare
“As Peter Drucker said, “In a few hundred years, when the history of our time will be written from a long-term perspective, it is likely that the most important event historians will see is not technology, not the Internet, not e-commerce. It is an unprecedented change in the human condition.”
― Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
― Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
“Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.”
—Oscar Wilde”
― Do Less: A Minimalist Guide to a Simplified, Organized, and Happy Life
—Oscar Wilde”
― Do Less: A Minimalist Guide to a Simplified, Organized, and Happy Life
“The stories he told became boring to me through repetition, but I understand now that he was just trying to fix that place with the compass of his memories.”
― Borne
― Borne
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