“He who knows contentment is rich. -Lao Tzu”
Source: The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well
“If you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger. -Kahlil Gibran”
Source: The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well
“When we hygger, we frame the moment, give it our full attention, savour and hold it, in an awareness that the moment will pass.
We feel how one moment becomes layered on to the next; past and present mingled together - everything falling into place, into one accord.”
Source: The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well
“We do not remember days, we remember moments. -Cesare Pavese”
Source: The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well
“...how a familiar room slowly changes colour as morning arrives.”
Source: The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well
“The grace of a curve is an invitation to remain. We cannot break away from it without hoping to return. -Gaston Bachelard”
Source: The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well
“To a great extent, friluftsliv is made possible by the Swedish common law of allemansratten (the right of public access), which grants anybody the right to walk, ride a bike or horse, ski, pick berries, or camp anywhere on private land, except for the part that immediately surrounds a private dwelling. In short, that means you can pick mushrooms and flowers, as well as light a campfire and pitch a tent, in somebody else's woods, but not right in front of their house... allemansratten relies on an honor system that can simply be summed up with the phrase "Do not disturb, do not destroy," and trusts that people will use their common sense.”
“Less is more. -Robert Browning”
Source: The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well
“In acceptance of the limitations that life imposes on us and in knowing that we can choose our attitude in any given circumstance and make the best of our situation, we throw open the window to hygge.”
Source: The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well
“Never forget the day you prayed for what you have today.”