Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. And by the grace of God, I will.
The best things in life aren't things.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
It's easy to let life deteriorate into making a living instead of making a life. It's not the hours you put in, but what you out into the hours that count. Learn to express rather than impress. Expressing evokes a me too attitude while impressing evokes a so what attitude.
I have dedicated my time here on earth to find the tools that can help each of us experience an extraordinary quality of life. I do believe that such a life can only be found by living one's true passion. Without passion, an individual gets caught in the trap of making a living instead of designing a life. When we fall into the trap of getting up each day to reenact an "ordinary" existence, we find ourselves at a level that is merely one of survival.
Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished. 'm lucky to work in the most perfect of conditions. I can do what I want in all kinds of areas. The expenses are not expenses. I would be stupid to stop that. Work is making a living out of being bored.
I'm fortunate that I'm making a living at it now because I'm not equipped to do anything else.
A man can be so busy making a living that he forgets to make a life.
Education today, more than ever before, must see clearly the dual objectives: education for living and educating for making a living.
Now almost every artist outside of New York is connected with some school or some museum school, and even in New York the majority are. That's an interesting fact when you take the idea of making money, making a living selling paintings. Only a dozen or two painters do that.
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