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The silence of emptiness can be a huge motivator to finding your true calling. Stop running around, start silently contemplating what you want to do for the rest of your life. Once you find that sweet spot, you’ll actually be happy.
Everett Bogue, Far Beyond the Stars
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But as we used to say in the 60s, the personal is political. It’s not simply a personal choice to drive an SUV when you don’t need one; it’s an anti-social act …
Marc Gunther, Can Behavioral Economics Help Save the Planet?
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We must strive to reach that simplicity that lies beyond sophistication.
John Gardner (via minimalmac)
(Reblogged from minimalmac)
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Speak only if it improves upon the silence.
Mahatma Ghandi (via evanpb)
(Reblogged from evanpb)
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our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.
Harold Kushner (via Becoming Minimalist) (via zenhabits)
(Reblogged from zenhabits)
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

George Bernard Shaw

I now see that unreasonable men like Henry Ford or Steve Jobs are truly the ones that drive progress. Don’t give them what they want, give them what they don’t even know they want.

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Time is probably the most valuable asset that we have left in this world, and it is rightfully yours.
Everett Bogue, from The Art of Being Minimalist
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Oh, sure. It’s not a faith in technology. It’s faith in people.

Steve Jobs, in a Rolling Stone Interview from 1994.

This quote perfectly summarizes why I will always choose Apple products over Microsoft products.

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There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.

Thich Nhat Hanh

For me, Jesus is the source of happiness. Others can find diverse sources of happiness for them. As long as we are all working to improve our world, good things will happen.

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In the 5th century, Arenius determined to live a holy life. So he abandoned the conforms of egyptian society to follow a simpler lifestyle in the desert. Yet whenever he visited the great city of Alexandria, he spent time wandering through its markets. When asked why, he explained that his heart rejoiced at the sight of all the things he didn’t need.
His Heart Rejoiced | Becoming Minimalist (via zenhabits)
(Reblogged from zenhabits)