“The only difference between an extraordinary life and an ordinary one is the extraordinary pleasures you find in ordinary things.” DifferencesPleasureInspiringOrdinaryExtraordinaryOrdinary LifeExtraordinary ThingsOrdinary ThingsExtraordinary Life Author:Veronique Vienne
“If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.” IfsWorldLooksHas BeensEnoughHomeJoyFatherPleasureInspiringSadnessTomorrowLuckyLeavingExcitementCavesCarriagesMiscarriageLeaving HomeFather Leaving Author:Audrey Hepburn
“Above all, we should question the consumer ethic, which uses up non-renewable resources, creates inequality and injustice, generates pollution, destroys other species and upsets the balance of nature. The consumer ethic not only defiles the environment by creating undesirable change in the biosphere but also corrupts the mind and body by defining pleasure in terms of ownership and absorption. Waste itself is a human concept; everything in nature is eventually used. If human beings carry on in their present ways, they will one day be recycled along with the dinosaurs.” IfsWayShouldMindHumansUseBodyUsedTermHuman BeingsPleasureInspiringEnvironmentBalanceOne DayWasteCreatingEthicsConceptsResourcesSpeciesInjusticeInequalityConsumersUpsetPollutionOwnershipDefiningMind And BodyDinosaursAbsorptionUndesirableRecycledBiosphereRenewable Resources Author:Peter Marshall
“Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.” PleasureInspiringSurpriseFoolishJaneInconveniencePleasant Surprises Author:Jane Austen