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The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such p

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed — it is a process of elimination. – Elbert Hubbard

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Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hopes that the cow will back up to them. – Elbert Hubbard

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Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. – Lao Tzu

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I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. – George Santayana, “The Irony of Liberalism”

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If you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. – Annie Dillard, “Seeing,” Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, 1974

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People overestimate the pleasure they’ll get from having more stuff. This does not apply to new rose bushes, crayons, or yarn stashes. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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