“Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.” Our LivesOughtAffectionSentencesStrikesSquaresCoalAdmonition Author:Seneca the Younger
“There are some places which, seen for the first time, yet seem to strike a chord of recollection. "I have been here before," we think to ourselves, "and this is one of my true homes." It is no mystery for those philosophers who hold that all which we shall see, with all which we have seen and are seeing, exists already in an eternal now; that all those places are home to us which in the pattern of our life are twisting, in past, present and future, tendrils of remembrance round our heart-strings.” ThinkingFirstsHeartHas BeensHomeSeemsPastOur LivesSeeingMysteryEternalFirst TimeRoundsPatternsPhilosopherStrikesStringsRemembranceChordsRecollectionPast PresentPast Present And FutureTrue HomeHeart Strings Author:E. C. Bentley
“Buying found objects means repurposing something that was already made years before, sometimes decades before. It strikes a nice balance between the new and used equation we should strive for in our lives.” ShouldYearsMeanMadeSometimesUsedFoundNiceOur LivesObjectsBalanceStriveStrikesDecadesBuyingEquationsFound Objects Author:Nate Berkus