Being contented ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position. – G. K. Chesterton
Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem. – Kahlil Gibran
What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough. – Eugene Delacroix