Unplugging From Work Quotes & Sayings

In daily life, you are in the habit of running because you think happiness is impossible in the present. This is a habit that was handed down to you by your ancestors, by your parents. Happiness does not seem possible to you in the here and now, so you look for it in the distant future. The practice consists of stopping that habit of running. — Thich Nhat Hanh

The old man heard the music of the imperialists issuing from the golden hotel, heavy with the gaiety of despair... — Salman Rushdie

Starting a new chapter is much like composing the perfect photograph. You must ensure the proper components are there. You may throw out the extra, but with out the key elements the story goes untold. — Faith Tilley Johnson

The thing about aging is all your old lovers, pretty much if they were really friends, become your family. It's great. You have those terrible feelings of possessiveness and uncertainty go out the window. You have what you shared. You know you would help each other in times of trouble no matter what. — Gloria Steinem

If one spends too many hours in solitude, one starts to emote for one's own benefit. — Jaclyn Dolamore

There are thousands who are in opinion opposed to slavery and to the war, who yet in effect do nothing to put an end to them; who, esteeming themselves children of Washington and Franklin, sit down with their hands in their pockets, and say that they know not what to do, and do nothing. — Henry David Thoreau

Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know. — John Keats

It's raining wolfs and panthers out there so we decided to put off exploring until tomorrow. Do you have any board games? — Micalea Smeltzer