“That the happiness of man may still remain imperfect, as wants in this place are easily supplied, new wants likewise are easily created; every man, in surveying the shops of London, sees numberless instruments and conveniencies, of which, while he did not know them, he never felt the need; and yet, when use has made them familiar, wonders how life could be supported without them. Thus it comes to pass, that our desires always increase with our possessions; the knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed, impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.” KnowsMenWantNeedsMayMadeStillsUseDesireFeltWonderIncreaseInstrumentsRemainsPossessionLondonEvery ManFamiliarEnjoymentShopsImperfectConsumerismOverconsumption Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Adventurer and Idler Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Adventurer and Idler
“Anybody can find out if he is a writer. If he were a writer, when he tried to write of some particular day, he would find in the effort that he could recall exactly how the light fell and how the temperature felt, and all the quality of it. Most people cannot do it. If they can do it, they may never be successful in a pecuniary sense, but that ability is at the bottom of writing, I am sure.” PeopleIfsWritingMayLightFeltCan DoAbilityEffortQualitySuccessfulParticularBottomBeing SuccessfulRecallsTemperature Author:Maxwell Perkins
“I felt naked. I felt as perhaps a bird may feel in the clear air knowing the hawk wings above and will swoop. I began to feel the need of fellowship. I wanted to question, wanted to speak, wanted to relate my experience. What is this spirit in man that urges him forever to depart from happiness, to toil and to place himself in danger?” MenNeedsFeelsMayWantedSpiritSpeakFeltForeverKnowingClearAirDangerBirdWingsNakedRelateUrgesToilFellowshipHawks Author:H. G. Wells