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“Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle. In many parts of the world society is given to instant gratification and consumerism while remaining indifferent to the damage which these attitudes cause. Simplicity, moderation and discipline, as well as a spirit of sacrifice, must become part of everyday life, lest all suffer the negative consequences of the careless habits of a few.”

“I developed a long time ago some habits. One of them is what I call "divert daily, withdraw weekly, and abandon annually." Divert daily is everyday you do something that's not work-related. You do something that relaxes you. Then you withdraw weekly. The Bible says every seven days you take a day off. And then abandon annually means you just go out and forget it all.”

Mean Long Forget Habit Long Time Seven Everyday Related Relax Abandon Forget It Long Time Ago Days Off Seven Days Work Related

Author:Rick Warren

“We each have a litany of holiday rituals and everyday habits that we hold on to, and we often greet radical innovation with the enthusiasm of a baby meeting a new sitter. We defend against it and - not always, but often enough - reject it. Slowly we adjust, but only if we have to.”

Ifs Enough Baby Habit Innovation Meetings Everyday Enthusiasm Radical Holiday Rejects Ritual

Book:Turning Points

Source: Turning Points

“... freshness trembles beneath the surface of Everyday, a joy perpetual to all who catch its opal lights beneath the dust of habit.”

Light Joy Habit Everyday Surface Dust Perpetual Freshness Beneath The Surface Opal

Author:Freya Stark

“Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves in the small details of everyday life.”

Passion Watches Habit Battle Judgment Everyday Details Everyday Life Small Details Great Battle

Author:John Lubbock

“It's not an easy option. The essence of travel is letting go of habit and prejudice and relishing the unfamiliar. Food you've never eaten before, a language you've never spoken before, religion that mystifies, customs that confuse, politics that perplex, all question everyday assumptions about how you live your life.”

Language Easy Habit Letting Go Essence Prejudice Everyday Assumption Customs Live Your Life Unfamiliar

Author:Michael Palin

“To tear ourselves away from the everyday, from habit, from mental laziness which hides from us the strangeness of reality, we must receive something like a real bludgeon blow.”

Real Reality Tears Habit Everyday Blow Laziness Strangeness

Author:Eugene Ionesco

“Animal rights is a part of my everyday life. When you live by example, you create a certain level of awareness. Friends of mine - people I have never discussed animal rights or vegetarianism with - are adopting vegetarian habits because they see it.”

People Certain Animal Levels Rights Awareness Example Mines Habit Everyday Live By Vegetarian Animal Rights Everyday Life Vegetarianism Adopting

Author:Joaquin Phoenix

“Mindfulness is the key to everything, and this is especially true when one approaches the cultural portal known as "middle age." This is when people mindlessly believe that it's normal to get diseases and start to fall apart. But the truth is that midlife is the time when people need to wake up and be far more mindful about their everyday habits and thinking patterns.”

People Thinking Needs Believe Age Fall Known Middle Keys Habit Truth Is Disease Normal Approach Mindfulness Wake Up Everyday Patterns Falling Apart Middle Ages Portal Midlife

Author:Christiane Northrup

“The everyday brain could be dubbed "the baseline brain," because it operates at the minimum functioning to keep you alive and healthy. It controls your heart rate, your blood pressure, your immune function, all of your subconscious impulses. That's not a minor role; the baseline brain is a marvel of complexity and efficiency. But too much of it is devoted to habits, old conditioning, unconscious reflexes, and lack of self-awareness.”

“My view is that our minds are incredibly powerful animals that are, during life, kept somewhat in check by the load of our bodies. Once that load is gone (or so some ancient texts teach us) the mind is like a horse off the tether. So the habits we get into here might have something to do with what happens to us afterwards. An exciting but harrowing idea, given the everyday state of my mind. But also hopeful, since that's something a person can work with.”

Mind Persons Ideas States Body Might Happens Given Animal Views Powerful Teach Gone Habit Exciting Horse Everyday Ancient Checks Hopeful Load Of My Mind

Author:George Saunders

“When it comes to our everyday habits, it's important to ask: 'Am I putting God first?'”

Firsts Important Asks Habit Everyday God First Put God First

Author:Joyce Meyer

“The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.”

Thinking Problem Culture Fun Stuff Happened Habit Everyday Meals Fast Food Fun Stuff

Author:Michelle Obama

“Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.”

Want Inspiration Motivational Pain Motivation Positive Duty Habit Conflict Everyday Golden Golden Rule Without Pain Workplace Conflict

Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

“Fernanda, on the other hand, looked for it in vain along the paths of her everyday itinerary without knowing that the search for lost things is hindered by routine habits and that is why it is so difficult to find them.”

Hands Lost Difficult Knowing Path Habit Everyday Vain Routine Lost Things

Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“What Corrigan wanted was a fully believable God, one you could find in the grime of the everyday... He consoled himself with the fact that, in the real world, when he looked closely into the darkness he might find the presence of a light, damaged and bruised, but a little light all the same. He wanted, quite simply, for the world to be a better place, and he was in the habit of hoping for it.”

World Littles Real Facts Light Might Wanted Darkness Habit Everyday Real World Better Place Believable Bruised Grime

Author:Colum McCann