Quotes to Live By

It is certainly a shallow philosophy that would make human welfare synonymous with the indiscriminate production and consumption of material goods.
-Morris Cohen

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant to break the monotony of a decorous age.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Simplicity is the peak of civilization.
-Jessie Sampter

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
-Adam Smith

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop ou toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of it's environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success--or are they holding you back?
-W. Clement Stone

If I shall sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I'm sure that, for me, there would be nothing left worth living for.
-Henry David Thoreau

Would it not be well for us to consider if our deed will warrant the expense of nature?
-Henry David Thoreau

The most common way people give their power is by thinking they don't have any.
-Alice Walker

How we eat determines to a considerable extent how the world is used.
-Wendell Berry