Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
-Mark Twain
The ornament of the night is the moon, that of the day is the sun. The ornament of the devotee is devotion, that of devotion knowledge. The ornament of knowledge is meditation, and that of meditation is renunciation. The ornament of renunciation, says Tulsi, is pure, unalloyed peace.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
-Sigmund Freud
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
-Theodor W. Adorno
Life without freedom is like a body without a soul, and freedom without thought is like a confused spirit.
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
-Guillaume Apollinaire