To be shelterless and alone in the open country, hearing the wind moan and watching for day through the whole long weary night; to listen to the falling rain, and crouch for warmth beneath the lee of some old barn or rick, or in the hollow of a tree; are dismal things — but not so dismal as the wandering . . . where beds and sleepers are by thousands; a houseless rejected creature. —Charles Dickens More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Money . . . buys privacy, silence. The less money you have, the noisier it is; the thinner your walls, the closer your neighbors. . . . The first thing you notice when you step into the house or apartment of a rich person is how quiet it is. —Fran Lebowitz More about this quote Tags: power silence privacy money neighbors quiet Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters daydreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace. —Gaston Bachelard More about this quote Tags: peace home dreaming houses Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul. —Simone Weil More about this quote Tags: soul home rootedness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The ideal of happiness has always taken material form in the house, whether cottage or castle; it stands for permanence and separation from the world. —Simone de Beauvoir More about this quote Tags: happiness permanence home separation houses Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
As the bus slowed down at the crowded bus stop, the Pakistani bus conductor leaned from the platform and called out, "Six only!" The bus stopped. He counted out six passengers, rang the bell, and then, as the bus moved off, called to those left behind: "So sorry, plenty of room in my heart — but the bus is full." He left behind a row of smiling faces. It's not what you do; it's the way that you do it. —Francis Gay More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When we truly discover love, capitalism will not be possible and Marxism will not be necessary. —Will O'Brien More about this quote Tags: love capitalism Marxism control Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Work is love made visible. —Kahlil Gibran More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If a man has greatness in him, it comes to light not in one flamboyant hour but in the ledger of his daily work. —Beryl Markham More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Success didn't spoil me. I've always been insufferable. —Fran Lebowitz More about this quote Tags: success Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To me, money is alive. It is almost human. If you treat it with real sympathy and kindness and consideration, it will be a good servant and work hard for you, and stay with you and take care of you. If you treat it arrogantly and contemptuously, as if it were not human, as if it were only a slave and could work without limit, it will turn on you with a great revenge and leave you to look after yourself alone. —Katharine Butler Hathaway More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness. —Henrik Ibsen More about this quote Tags: peace happiness money joy loyalty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Your money, or your life." We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not when God does. —Mignon McLaughlin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home. —Betty Bender More about this quote Tags: emotions heart work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is no easy formula for determining right and wrong livelihood, but it is essential to keep the question alive. . . . We have to stop pretending that we can make a living at something that is trivial or destructive and still have a sense of legitimate self-worth. A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls. —Sam Keen More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email