• “People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used.”

    — Emmanuel Torres

  • “You don’t need yoga pants to do yoga.”

    Are You Taking The False First Step?
    Anthony Ongaro

  • “Beautiful things should be used and seen. If something is far too precious to be used for its intended purpose, what is the point of owning it? What is the point of storing it and caring for it if it’s not useful? Embrace everyday luxury, and if an item breaks or is ruined, celebrate that you got more out of it than you would have if you kept it in a closet for years.”

    Do Less: A Minimalist Guide to a Simplified, Organized, and Happy Life
    Rachel Jonat

  • “A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.”

    —Henry David Thoreau, Walden

  • “Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.”

    —Henry David Thoreau, Walden

  • “Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.”

    —Henry David Thoreau, Walden

  • “I have found myself on top of the world when I felt within myself that I neither desire anything nor fear anything.”

    —Saint Augustine

  • “A famous story, often retold, illustrates what is implied in being a pilgrim on earth. In the nineteenth century, a tourist from America paid a visit to the renowned Polish rabbi Hofetz Chaim. The tourist was astonished to see that the rabbi’s home was only a simple room filled with books, plus a table and a bench. “Rabbi,” asked the tourist, “where is your furniture?” “Where is yours?” replied Hofetz Chaim. “Mine?” asked the puzzled American. “But I’m only a visitor here. I am only passing through.” “So am I,” said the rabbi. We are all only passing through!”

    The Restless Heart: Finding Our Spiritual Home in Times of Loneliness
    Ronald Rolheiser

  • “Do not desire splendid clothing or grand houses, for tomorrow you will be clothed in a shroud and a coffin will be your house.”

    —St. Feofil of the Kiev-Caves Lavra, Leave the Vanity of This World

  • I have found, in my own life, that the wages of living only for oneself, living in the pursuit of pleasure or burning out oneself on the things of this world, are ones of unrest. Just when one thinks they have found peace in something, just when one is comfortable or feels contentment of a kind, the transient nature of all things is revealed. We lose our favourite things, we lose our jobs we thought were secure, our friends and family turn on us, pass away, forget about us; nothing ever seems to last. As one looks closer and closer at the world, it seems to me to be only a transient thing, a signpost that points somewhere else.

    It’s Easy to Give Up and Give In
    Anthony N