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Yeats</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-the-other-day-in-prayer-i-said-to-god-look-i-understand">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/walt-whitman-i-have-learned-that-to-be-with-those-i-like-is-enough">Walt Whitman</a> <a href="/p/john-steinbeck-there-are-as-many-worlds-as-there-are-kinds-of-days-and-as">John Steinbeck</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-all-i-want-to-do-now-is-look-at-life-you-may-come-and-look-at">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-pleasure-is-nature-s-test-her-sign-of-approval">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/herman-melville-we-cannot-live-only-for-ourselves-a-thousand-fibers">Herman Melville</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-the-picture-waits-for-my-verdict-it-is-not-to-command">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/sue-monk-kidd-the-world-will-give-you-that-once-in-awhile-a-brief-timeout">Sue Monk Kidd</a> <a href="/p/kahlil-gibran-behind-the-veil-of-each-night-there-is-a-smiling-dawn">Kahlil Gibran</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-never-miss-an-opportunity-of-noticing-anything-of">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/c-s-lewis-some-day-you-will-be-old-enough-to-start-reading-fairy-tales">C.S. Lewis</a> <a href="/p/thich-nhat-hanh-don-t-chase-after-your-thoughts-as-a-shadow-follows-its">Thich Nhat Hanh</a> <a href="/p/fernando-pessoa-my-past-is-everything-i-failed-to-be">Fernando Pessoa</a> <a href="/p/c-s-lewis-a-pleasure-is-full-grown-only-when-it-is-remembered">C.S. Lewis</a> <a href="/p/william-blake-great-things-are-done-when-men-and-mountains-meet-this-is">William Blake</a> <a href="/p/m-scott-peck-it-is-their-attachment-to-us-rather-than-their-independence">M. Scott Peck</a> <a href="/p/mary-karr-i-loved-the-idea-that-looking-at-a-painting-or-listening-to-a">Mary Karr</a> <a href="/p/wis-awa-szymborska-when-i-pronounce-the-word-future-the-first-syllable">Wisława Szymborska</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-those-who-find-beautiful-meanings-in-beautiful-things-are-the">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-the-high-prize-of-life-the-crowning-fortune-of-a-man">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/mary-shelley-the-fallen-angel-becomes-a-malignant-devil-yet-even-that">Mary Shelley</a> <a href="/p/herman-melville-i-know-not-all-that-may-be-coming-but-be-it-what-it-will-i">Herman Melville</a> <a href="/p/ocean-vuong-we-were-not-human-to-them-and-perhaps-we-never-needed-to-be">Ocean Vuong</a> <a href="/p/hermann-hesse-for-awakened-human-beings-there-was-no-obligation-none-none">Hermann Hesse</a> <a href="/p/rumi-i-am-your-moon-and-your-moonlight-tooi-am-your-flower-garden-and-your">Rumi</a> <a href="/p/hermann-hesse-home-is-neither-here-nor-there-home-is-within-you-or-home-is">Hermann Hesse</a> <a href="/p/rumi-and-you-when-will-you-begin-that-long-journey-into-yourself">Rumi</a> <a href="/p/may-sarton-for-after-all-we-make-our-faces-as-we-go-along">May Sarton</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-an-early-morning-walk-is-a-blessing-for-the-whole-day">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-i-don-t-want-to-earn-my-living-i-want-to-live">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/anne-lamott-your-problem-is-how-you-are-going-to-spend-this-one-and">Anne Lamott</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-i-was-doing-something-i-d-never-done-before-and-what">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/wendell-berry-dance-they-told-me-and-i-stood-still-and-while-i-stood-quiet">Wendell Berry</a> <a href="/p/robert-walser-a-tree-growing-out-of-the-ground-is-as-wonderful-today-as-it">Robert Walser</a> <a href="/p/karl-ove-knausgaard-you-are-here-and-it-is-now-that-is-all-there-is">Karl Ove Knausgaard</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-he-is-only-rich-who-owns-the-day-there-is-no-king-rich">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/lao-tzu-if-you-are-depressed-you-are-living-in-the-past-if-you-are-anxious">Lao Tzu</a> <a href="/p/adrienne-rich-i-keep-coming-back-to-the-old-places-the-stones-the-roots">Adrienne Rich</a> <a href="/p/john-keats-season-of-mists-and-mellow-fruitfulness-close-bosom-friend-of">John Keats</a> <a href="/p/yukio-mishima-the-body-exists-as-a-kind-of-memory-it-stores-everything">Yukio Mishima</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-do-what-you-love-to-do-and-do-it-with-both-seriousness">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/samuel-johnson-the-joy-of-life-is-variety-the-tenderest-love-requires-to">Samuel Johnson</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-flowers-and-fruits-are-always-fit-presents-flowers">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/julio-cortazar-there-are-absences-that-represent-a-true-triumph">Julio Cortazar</a> <a href="/p/mary-oliver-i-thought-the-earth-remembered-me-she-took-me-back-so-tenderly">Mary Oliver</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-few-people-know-how-to-take-a-walk-the-qualifications">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/mary-oliver-though-i-play-at-the-edges-of-knowing-truly-i-know-our-part-is">Mary Oliver</a> <a href="/p/pema-ch-dr-n-it-s-very-helpful-to-realize-that-being-here-sitting-in">Pema Chödrön</a> <a href="/p/sharon-salzberg-what-makes-awe-such-a-powerful-call-to-love-is-that-it-s">Sharon Salzberg</a> <a href="/p/kahlil-gibran-i-came-here-to-be-for-all-and-with-all-and-what-i-do-today">Kahlil Gibran</a> <a href="/p/carson-mccullers-once-you-have-lived-with-another-it-is-a-great-torture-to">Carson McCullers</a> <a href="/p/natsume-soseki-you-see-loneliness-is-the-price-we-have-to-pay-for-being">Natsume Soseki</a> <a href="/p/ursula-k-le-guin-we-re-not-outside-the-world-we-are-the-world-we-re-its">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-whoso-would-be-a-man-must-be-a-nonconformist">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/heinrich-boll-i-believe-that-only-the-clown-can-still-tell-the-truth">Heinrich Boll</a> <a href="/p/james-baldwin-i-am-what-time-circumstance-history-have-made-of-me">James Baldwin</a> <a href="/p/patrick-modiano-everything-becomes-blurred-the-outlines-dissolve-and-all">Patrick Modiano</a> <a href="/p/matsuo-basho-will-you-turn-toward-me-i-am-lonely-too-said-the-willow">Matsuo Basho</a> <a href="/p/sappho-love-shook-my-heart-like-the-wind-on-the-mountain-rushing-over-the">Sappho</a> <a href="/p/rainer-maria-rilke-i-live-my-life-in-growing-orbits-which-move-out-over">Rainer Maria Rilke</a> <a href="/p/banana-yoshimoto-there-s-something-about-the-way-we-live-that-we-become">Banana Yoshimoto</a> <a href="/p/mark-twain-grief-can-take-care-of-itself-but-to-get-the-full-value-of-joy">Mark Twain</a> <a href="/p/franz-kafka-i-cannot-make-you-understand-i-cannot-make-anyone-understand">Franz Kafka</a> <a href="/p/helen-macdonald-it-struck-me-then-that-perhaps-the-bareness-and-wrongness">Helen Macdonald</a> <a href="/p/dino-buzzati-the-strange-thing-was-that-he-felt-no-distress-everything-was">Dino Buzzati</a> <a href="/p/c-s-lewis-the-most-blessed-result-of-prayer-would-be-to-rise-thinking-but">C.S. Lewis</a> <a href="/p/john-steinbeck-a-large-drop-of-sun-lingered-on-the-horizon-and-then">John Steinbeck</a> <a href="/p/kurt-vonnegut-and-i-asked-myself-about-the-present-how-wide-it-was-how">Kurt Vonnegut</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-however-mean-your-life-is-meet-it-and-live-it-do-not">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-it-is-life-near-the-bone-where-it-is-sweetest">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/richard-powers-there-are-no-individuals-there-aren-t-even-separate-species">Richard Powers</a> <a href="/p/mark-twain-travel-is-fatal-to-prejudice-bigotry-and-narrow-mindedness">Mark Twain</a> <a href="/p/virginia-woolf-all-extremes-of-feeling-are-allied-with-madness">Virginia Woolf</a> <a href="/p/mohsin-hamid-there-are-so-many-lives-that-could-have-been-mine-but-this-is">Mohsin Hamid</a> <a href="/p/nathaniel-hawthorne-no-man-for-any-considerable-period-can-wear-one-face">Nathaniel Hawthorne</a> <a href="/p/hermann-hesse-if-i-know-what-love-is-it-is-because-of-you">Hermann Hesse</a> <a href="/p/iris-murdoch-freedom-is-not-choosing-that-is-merely-the-move-that-we-make">Iris Murdoch</a> <a href="/p/sappho-pluck-the-day-seize-the-flower-of-its-moment">Sappho</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-in-the-woods-too-a-man-casts-off-his-years-as-the">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/john-steinbeck-like-most-modern-people-i-don-t-believe-in-prophecy-or">John Steinbeck</a> <a href="/p/audre-lorde-our-feelings-are-our-most-genuine-paths-to-knowledge">Audre Lorde</a> <a href="/p/david-whyte-we-shape-our-self-to-fit-this-world-and-by-the-world-are">David Whyte</a> <a href="/p/kahlil-gibran-forget-not-that-the-earth-delights-to-feel-your-bare-feet">Kahlil Gibran</a> <a href="/p/saul-bellow-what-is-art-but-a-way-of-seeing">Saul Bellow</a> <a href="/p/mary-oliver-do-you-think-the-wren-ever-dreams-of-a-better-house">Mary Oliver</a> <a href="/p/kahlil-gibran-your-daily-life-is-your-temple-and-your-religion-when-you">Kahlil Gibran</a> <a href="/p/emily-dickinson-forever-is-composed-of-nows">Emily Dickinson</a> <a href="/p/walt-whitman-i-too-am-not-a-bit-tamed-i-too-am-untranslatable">Walt Whitman</a> <a href="/p/maya-angelou-when-you-wish-someone-joy-you-wish-them-peace-love-prosperity">Maya Angelou</a> <a href="/p/rainer-maria-rilke-have-patience-with-everything-that-remains-unsolved-in">Rainer Maria Rilke</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-yes-i-am-a-dreamer-for-a-dreamer-is-one-who-can-only-find-his">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/rainer-maria-rilke-i-live-my-life-in-growing-orbits-which-move-out-over-2">Rainer Maria Rilke</a> <a href="/p/mary-oliver-tell-me-what-is-it-you-plan-to-do-with-your-one-wild-and">Mary Oliver</a> <a href="/p/sappho-i-would-rather-see-her-lovely-step-and-the-motion-of-her-shining">Sappho</a> <a href="/p/charles-bukowski-the-free-soul-is-rare-but-you-know-it-when-you-see-it">Charles Bukowski</a> <a href="/p/rebecca-solnit-it-was-a-place-as-blank-as-a-sheet-of-paper-it-was-the">Rebecca Solnit</a> <a href="/p/thich-nhat-hanh-live-the-actual-moment-only-this-actual-moment-is-life">Thich Nhat Hanh</a> <a href="/p/toni-morrison-women-did-what-strawberry-plants-did-before-they-shot-out">Toni Morrison</a> <a href="/p/rumi-travel-brings-power-and-love-back-into-your-life">Rumi</a> <a href="/p/toni-morrison-at-some-point-in-life-the-world-s-beauty-becomes-enough-you">Toni Morrison</a> <a href="/p/c-s-lewis-all-joy-emphasizes-our-pilgrim-status-always-reminds-beckons">C.S. Lewis</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-friends-they-cherish-one-another-s-hopes-they-are-kind">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/j-d-salinger-i-like-it-when-somebody-gets-excited-about-something-it-s-nice">J.D. Salinger</a> <a href="/p/frederick-buechner-the-world-can-give-you-these-glimpses-as-well-as-fairy">Frederick Buechner</a> <a href="/p/hermann-hesse-when-you-like-someone-you-like-them-in-spite-of-their-faults">Hermann Hesse</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-this-is-a-good-sign-having-a-broken-heart-it-means-we">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/khaled-hosseini-for-you-a-thousand-times-over">Khaled Hosseini</a> <a href="/p/marcel-proust-we-fall-in-love-for-a-smile-a-glance-a-bare-shoulder-that-is">Marcel Proust</a> <a href="/p/rebecca-solnit-sometimes-i-get-mail-for-people-who-lived-in-my-home-before">Rebecca Solnit</a> <a href="/p/rollo-may-communication-leads-to-community-that-is-to-understanding">Rollo May</a> <a href="/p/cormac-mccarthy-he-walked-out-in-the-gray-light-and-stood-and-he-saw-for-a">Cormac McCarthy</a> <a href="/p/james-baldwin-love-takes-off-the-masks-that-we-fear-we-cannot-live-without">James Baldwin</a> <a href="/p/james-joyce-think-you-re-escaping-and-run-into-yourself-longest-way-round">James Joyce</a> <a href="/p/rumi-there-are-a-thousand-ways-to-kneel-and-kiss-the-ground-there-are-a">Rumi</a> <a href="/p/thich-nhat-hanh-there-is-nowhere-to-arrive-except-the-present-moment">Thich Nhat Hanh</a> <a href="/p/karl-ove-knausgaard-go-somewhere-you-know-nothing-about-and-see-what">Karl Ove Knausgaard</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-and-when-wind-and-winter-hardenall-the-loveless-land-it-will">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/wendell-berry-our-great-modern-error-is-the-belief-that-we-must-invariably">Wendell Berry</a> <a href="/p/anne-lamott-if-you-haven-t-already-you-will-lose-someone-you-can-t-live">Anne Lamott</a> <a href="/p/matsuo-basho-this-road-no-one-walks-along-it-autumn-evening">Matsuo Basho</a> <a href="/p/maya-angelou-living-well-is-an-art-that-can-be-developed-a-love-of-life">Maya Angelou</a> <a href="/p/mark-twain-the-best-way-to-cheer-yourself-is-to-try-to-cheer-someone-else">Mark Twain</a> <a href="/p/mary-oliver-when-it-s-over-i-want-to-say-all-my-life-i-was-a-bride-married">Mary Oliver</a> <a href="/p/john-berger-do-you-know-the-legend-about-cicadas-they-say-they-are-the">John Berger</a> <a href="/p/rebecca-solnit-a-certain-kind-of-wanderlust-can-only-be-assuaged-by-the">Rebecca Solnit</a> <a href="/p/alice-munro-she-had-a-look-of-baffled-struggle-as-if-she-were-trying-to">Alice Munro</a> <a href="/p/hanya-yanagihara-to-himself-he-was-not-a-person-so-much-as-a-collection-of">Hanya Yanagihara</a> <a href="/p/john-o-donohue-you-are-as-young-as-you-feel-if-you-begin-to-feel-the">John O'Donohue</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-there-s-this-human-capacity-for-joy-and-endurance-even">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/c-s-lewis-a-children-s-story-that-can-only-be-enjoyed-by-children-is-not-a">C.S. Lewis</a> <a href="/p/ana-s-nin-families-are-made-to-make-you-forget-yourself-occasionally-so">Anaïs Nin</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-i-have-never-created-anything-in-my-life-that-did-not">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/donna-tartt-we-can-t-choose-what-we-want-and-don-t-want-and-that-s-the">Donna Tartt</a> <a href="/p/italo-calvino-you-take-delight-not-in-a-city-s-seven-or-seventy-wonders">Italo Calvino</a> <a href="/p/kobo-abe-solitude-is-not-the-absence-of-company-but-the-grief-over-it">Kobo Abe</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-finish-each-day-and-be-done-with-it-you-have-done-what">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-generally-speaking-though-americans-have-an-inability-to">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/rumi-come-to-the-orchard-in-spring-there-is-light-and-wine-and">Rumi</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-at-some-point-you-gotta-let-go-and-sit-still-and-allow">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-i-have-an-immense-appetite-for-solitude-like-an-infant">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-amid-a-world-of-noisy-shallow-actors-it-is-noble-to">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/walt-whitman-every-moment-of-light-and-dark-is-a-miracle">Walt Whitman</a> <a href="/p/kahlil-gibran-could-you-keep-your-heart-in-wonder-at-the-daily-miracles-of">Kahlil Gibran</a> <a href="/p/mary-oliver-when-it-s-over-i-want-to-say-all-my-lifei-was-a-bride-married">Mary Oliver</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-stop-treating-your-creativity-like-it-s-a-tired-old">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-i-want-god-to-play-in-my-bloodstream-the-way-sunlight">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/thich-nhat-hanh-if-you-miss-the-present-moment-you-miss-your-appointment">Thich Nhat Hanh</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-i-suppose-that-i-have-not-many-months-to-live-but-of">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/jon-fosse-i-am-standing-here-and-everything-is-quiet-and-nothing-is">Jon Fosse</a> <a href="/p/madeleine-l-engle-one-foggy-night-i-was-walking-the-dogs-down-the-lane-and">Madeleine L'Engle</a> <a href="/p/robert-frost-i-have-stood-still-and-stopped-the-sound-of-feet-when-far">Robert Frost</a> <a href="/p/samuel-johnson-i-look-upon-every-day-to-be-lost-in-which-i-do-not-make-a">Samuel Johnson</a> <a href="/p/john-steinbeck-what-good-is-the-warmth-of-summer-without-the-cold-of">John Steinbeck</a> <a href="/p/mark-twain-good-friends-good-books-and-a-sleepy-conscience-this-is-the">Mark Twain</a> <a href="/p/john-steinbeck-a-journey-is-a-person-in-itself-no-two-are-alike-an-all">John Steinbeck</a> <a href="/p/mark-nepo-to-walk-quietly-until-the-miracle-in-everything-speaks-is-poetry">Mark Nepo</a> <a href="/p/mary-oliver-come-with-me-into-the-woods-where-spring-isadvancing-as-it">Mary Oliver</a> <a href="/p/jean-paul-sartre-if-you-are-lonely-when-you-re-alone-you-are-in-bad-company">Jean-Paul Sartre</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-travel-improves-the-mind-wonderfully-and-does-away-with-all">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/john-keats-bright-star-would-i-were-steadfast-as-thou-art-not-in-lone">John Keats</a> <a href="/p/celeste-ng-to-be-invisible-in-a-crowd-is-the-loneliest-feeling-on-earth">Celeste Ng</a> <a href="/p/rainer-maria-rilke-if-your-daily-life-seems-poor-do-not-blame-it-blame">Rainer Maria Rilke</a> <a href="/p/bren-brown-you-ll-also-wonder-how-you-can-feel-so-brave-and-so-afraid-at">Brené Brown</a> <a href="/p/m-scott-peck-in-thinking-about-miracles-i-believe-that-our-frame-of">M. Scott Peck</a> <a href="/p/madeleine-l-engle-the-great-thing-about-getting-older-is-that-you-don-t">Madeleine L'Engle</a> <a href="/p/c-s-lewis-onward-and-upward-to-narnia-and-the-north">C.S. Lewis</a> <a href="/p/jose-saramago-you-know-the-name-you-were-given-you-do-not-know-the-name">Jose Saramago</a> <a href="/p/alain-de-botton-the-problems-of-our-lives-are-to-a-critical-extent-the">Alain de Botton</a> <a href="/p/gabriel-garcia-marquez-he-really-had-been-through-death-but-he-had">Gabriel Garcia Marquez</a> <a href="/p/maya-angelou-this-is-a-wonderful-day-i-have-never-seen-this-one-before">Maya Angelou</a> <a href="/p/naomi-shihab-nye-you-will-never-catch-up-walk-around-feeling-like-a">Naomi Shihab Nye</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-our-life-is-frittered-away-by-detail-simplify-simplify">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/c-s-lewis-shafts-of-delicious-sunlight-struck-down-onto-the-forest-floor">C.S. Lewis</a> <a href="/p/sylvia-plath-to-the-person-in-the-bell-jar-blank-and-stopped-as-a-dead">Sylvia Plath</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-the-world-is-changed-because-you-are-made-of-ivory-and-gold">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/ernest-hemingway-there-is-nothing-else-than-now-there-is-neither-yesterday">Ernest Hemingway</a> <a href="/p/eudora-welty-when-one-of-us-children-caught-measles-or-whooping-cough-and">Eudora Welty</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-the-only-gift-is-a-portion-of-thyself">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/sharon-salzberg-every-time-we-forget-to-breathe-or-our-minds-wander-or-we">Sharon Salzberg</a> <a href="/p/wendell-berry-when-i-rise-uplet-me-rise-up-joyfullike-a-bird-when-i">Wendell Berry</a> <a href="/p/mary-karr-just-being-out-of-the-house-with-daddy-like-this-at-fisher-s">Mary Karr</a> <a href="/p/madeleine-l-engle-a-self-is-not-something-static-tied-up-in-a-pretty">Madeleine L'Engle</a> <a href="/p/sharon-salzberg-to-sense-which-gifts-to-accept-which-to-leave-behind-is">Sharon Salzberg</a> <a href="/p/john-berger-i-propose-a-conspiracy-of-orphans-we-exchange-winks-we-reject">John Berger</a> <a href="/p/rumi-the-morning-wind-spreads-its-fresh-smell-we-must-get-up-and-take-that">Rumi</a> <a href="/p/thich-nhat-hanh-we-do-so-much-we-run-so-quickly-the-situation-is-difficult">Thich Nhat Hanh</a> <a href="/p/c-s-lewis-the-settled-happiness-and-security-which-we-all-desire-god">C.S. Lewis</a> <a href="/p/joseph-campbell-one-great-thing-about-growing-old-is-that-nothing-is-going">Joseph Campbell</a> <a href="/p/cheryl-strayed-he-kissed-me-hard-and-i-kissed-him-back-harder-like-it-was">Cheryl Strayed</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-all-i-want-now-is-to-look-at-life">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/george-bernard-shaw-a-man-learns-to-skate-by-staggering-about-and-making-a">George Bernard Shaw</a> <a href="/p/sharon-salzberg-whatever-language-we-use-use-to-describe-healthy">Sharon Salzberg</a> <a href="/p/richard-rohr-the-human-art-form-is-in-uniting-fruitful-activity-with-a">Richard Rohr</a> <a href="/p/ursula-k-le-guin-to-see-that-your-life-is-a-story-while-you-re-in-the">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> <a href="/p/rainer-maria-rilke-joy-is-a-marvelous-increasing-of-what-exists-a-pure">Rainer Maria Rilke</a> <a href="/p/sharon-salzberg-maybe-what-we-really-need-is-to-change-our-relationship-to">Sharon Salzberg</a> <a href="/p/mark-twain-the-darling-mispronunciations-of-childhood-dear-me-there-s-no">Mark Twain</a> <a href="/p/kahlil-gibran-and-forget-not-that-the-earth-delights-to-feel-your-bare">Kahlil Gibran</a> <a href="/p/jon-fosse-it-is-in-the-ordinary-that-the-extraordinary-hides">Jon Fosse</a> <a href="/p/alice-walker-i-think-it-pisses-god-off-if-you-walk-by-the-color-purple-in">Alice Walker</a> <a href="/p/hermann-hesse-he-was-pleased-with-everything-that-he-did-and-learned-and">Hermann Hesse</a> <a href="/p/rumi-the-ground-s-generosity-takes-in-our-compost-and-grows-beauty-try-to">Rumi</a> <a href="/p/roland-barthes-am-i-in-love-yes-since-i-am-waiting-the-other-one-never">Roland Barthes</a> <a href="/p/ana-s-nin-each-contact-with-a-human-being-is-so-rare-so-precious-one">Anaïs Nin</a> <a href="/p/alan-watts-zen-does-not-confuse-spirituality-with-thinking-about-god-while">Alan Watts</a> <a href="/p/ursula-k-le-guin-collaborative-workshops-and-writers-peer-groups-hadn-t">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-it-is-an-interesting-question-how-far-men-would-retain">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/samuel-johnson-that-is-the-happiest-conversation-where-there-is-no">Samuel Johnson</a> <a href="/p/hafiz-run-my-dear-from-anything-that-does-not-strengthen-your-precious">Hafiz</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-the-invariable-mark-of-wisdom-is-to-see-the-miraculous">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-nature-is-as-well-adapted-to-our-weakness-as-to-our">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/jon-kabat-zinn-we-all-have-limitations-they-are-worth-befriending-they">Jon Kabat-Zinn</a> <a href="/p/hermann-hesse-one-never-reaches-home-she-said-but-where-paths-that-have-an">Hermann Hesse</a> <a href="/p/rumi-you-dance-inside-my-chest-where-no-one-sees-you-but-sometimes-i-do">Rumi</a> <a href="/p/sharon-salzberg-we-find-greater-lightness-ease-in-our-lives-as-we">Sharon Salzberg</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-happiness-is-like-a-butterfly-the-more-you-chase-it">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/michael-cunningham-the-world-itself-is-the-beauty-we-seek-we-just-forget">Michael Cunningham</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-the-greatest-compliment-that-was-ever-paid-me-was-when">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/toni-morrison-i-don-t-want-to-make-somebody-else-i-want-to-make-myself">Toni Morrison</a> <a href="/p/naomi-shihab-nye-the-person-you-have-known-a-long-tme-is-embedded-in-you">Naomi Shihab Nye</a> <a href="/p/bren-brown-i-now-see-how-owning-our-story-and-loving-ourselves-through">Brené Brown</a> <a href="/p/banana-yoshimoto-it-was-the-truth-i-felt-a-yearning-love-for-every-instant">Banana Yoshimoto</a> <a href="/p/f-scott-fitzgerald-i-felt-a-haunting-loneliness-sometimes-and-felt-it-in">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a> <a href="/p/ana-s-nin-when-you-make-a-world-tolerable-for-yourself-you-make-a-world">Anaïs Nin</a> <a href="/p/mark-twain-if-animals-could-speak-the-dog-would-be-a-blundering-outspoken">Mark Twain</a> <a href="/p/louisa-may-alcott-i-am-not-afraid-of-storms-for-i-am-learning-how-to-sail">Louisa May Alcott</a> <a href="/p/joseph-campbell-your-sacred-space-is-where-you-can-find-yourself-again-and">Joseph Campbell</a> <a href="/p/alice-munro-people-s-lives-in-jubilee-as-elsewhere-were-dull-simple">Alice Munro</a> <a href="/p/natsume-soseki-all-my-life-i-have-been-a-solitary-person-i-have-avoided">Natsume Soseki</a> <a href="/p/arthur-schopenhauer-a-man-can-be-himself-only-so-long-as-he-is-alone-and">Arthur Schopenhauer</a> <a href="/p/john-steinbeck-and-he-didn-t-get-tired-or-sleepy-for-the-beauty-burned-in">John Steinbeck</a> <a href="/p/john-berger-photographs-do-not-translate-from-appearances-they-quote-from">John Berger</a> <a href="/p/walt-whitman-i-believe-in-the-flesh-and-the-appetites-seeing-hearing">Walt Whitman</a> <a href="/p/rebecca-solnit-walkers-are-practitioners-of-the-city-for-the-city-is-made">Rebecca Solnit</a> <a href="/p/dylan-thomas-now-as-i-was-young-and-easy-under-the-apple-boughs-about-the">Dylan Thomas</a> <a href="/p/anne-sexton-sometimes-the-soul-takes-pictures-of-things-it-has-wished-for">Anne Sexton</a> <a href="/p/cheryl-strayed-very-nice-said-rick-after-a-while-very-nice-he-repeated">Cheryl Strayed</a> <a href="/p/john-berger-your-lips-beloved-are-like-a-honeycomb-honey-and-milk-are">John Berger</a> <a href="/p/ana-s-nin-i-put-artistic-values-above-all-others-because-writing-for-me-is">Anaïs Nin</a> <a href="/p/anne-lamott-we-stitch-together-quilts-of-meaning-to-keep-us-warm-and-safe">Anne Lamott</a> <a href="/p/thomas-hardy-meanwhile-the-trees-were-just-as-green-as-before-the-birds">Thomas Hardy</a> <a href="/p/joseph-campbell-you-can-get-a-lot-of-work-done-if-you-stay-with-it-and-are">Joseph Campbell</a> <a href="/p/maya-angelou-i-m-grateful-for-being-here-for-being-able-to-think-for-being">Maya Angelou</a> <a href="/p/mary-oliver-i-believe-in-kindness-also-in-mischief-also-in-singing">Mary Oliver</a> <a href="/p/kurt-vonnegut-here-we-are-trapped-in-the-amber-of-the-moment-there-is-no">Kurt Vonnegut</a> <a href="/p/john-o-donohue-when-our-eyes-are-graced-with-wonder-the-world-reveals-its">John O'Donohue</a> <a href="/p/hermann-hesse-it-may-be-important-to-great-thinkers-to-examine-the-world">Hermann Hesse</a> <a href="/p/patti-smith-we-didn-t-have-to-talk-then-and-that-is-real-friendship-never">Patti Smith</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-liz-you-must-be-very-polite-with-yourself-when-you-are">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-during-my-first-few-weeks-in-italy-all-my-protestant">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-i-have-never-felt-the-need-to-invent-a-world-beyond-this">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/emily-dickinson-hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-that-perches-in-the-soul">Emily Dickinson</a> <a href="/p/t-s-eliot-this-is-the-way-the-world-ends-not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper">T.S. Eliot</a> <a href="/p/wendell-berry-nobody-can-discover-the-world-for-somebody-else-only-when-we">Wendell Berry</a> <a href="/p/mark-twain-when-i-was-a-boy-of-14-my-father-was-so-ignorant-i-could-hardly">Mark Twain</a> <a href="/p/hafiz-ever-since-happiness-heard-your-name-it-has-been-running-through-the">Hafiz</a> <a href="/p/richard-rohr-our-first-experience-of-life-is-primarily-felt-in-the-body-we">Richard Rohr</a> <a href="/p/sharon-salzberg-to-reteach-a-thing-its-loveliness-is-the-nature-of-metta">Sharon Salzberg</a> <a href="/p/ernest-hemingway-but-in-the-meantime-all-the-life-you-have-or-ever-will">Ernest Hemingway</a> <a href="/p/jane-austen-there-is-nothing-i-would-not-do-for-those-who-are-really-my">Jane Austen</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-it-is-one-of-the-blessings-of-old-friends-that-you-can">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/thich-nhat-hanh-drink-your-tea-slowly-and-reverently-as-if-it-as-the-axis">Thich Nhat Hanh</a> <a href="/p/john-steinbeck-they-swallowed-tasted-their-tongues-sucked-their-lips-and">John Steinbeck</a> <a href="/p/graham-greene-there-is-always-one-moment-in-childhood-when-the-door-opens">Graham Greene</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-in-the-presence-of-nature-a-wild-delight-runs-through">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/lao-tzu-do-you-imagine-the-universe-is-agitated-go-into-the-desert-at">Lao Tzu</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-the-greatest-art-is-to-shape-the-quality-of-the-day">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/rumi-see-the-blessing-and-beauty-that-you-are">Rumi</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-i-adore-simple-pleasures-they-are-the-last-refuge-of-the">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/mary-oliver-i-don-t-want-to-end-up-simply-having-visited-this-world">Mary Oliver</a> <a href="/p/banana-yoshimoto-the-ritual-of-our-daily-lives-permeate-our-very-bodies">Banana Yoshimoto</a> <a href="/p/rabindranath-tagore-the-butterfly-counts-not-months-but-moments-and-has">Rabindranath Tagore</a> <a href="/p/c-s-lewis-we-do-not-want-merely-to-see-beauty-we-want-something-else-which">C.S. Lewis</a> <a href="/p/ursula-k-le-guin-many-people-would-have-to-hang-by-their-teeth-from-a">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> <a href="/p/warsan-shire-you-are-terrifying-and-strange-and-beautiful-something-not">Warsan Shire</a> <a href="/p/jon-kabat-zinn-the-best-way-to-capture-moments-is-to-pay-attention-this-is">Jon Kabat-Zinn</a> <a href="/p/lao-tzu-so-the-unwanting-soulsees-what-s-hidden-and-the-ever-wanting">Lao Tzu</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-life-is-not-complex-we-are-complex-life-is-simple-and-the">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/jhumpa-lahiri-that-s-the-thing-about-books-they-let-you-travel-without">Jhumpa Lahiri</a> <a href="/p/may-sarton-each-day-and-the-living-of-it-has-to-be-a-conscious-creation-in">May Sarton</a> <a href="/p/rebecca-solnit-illness-is-a-kind-of-exile-a-going-away-into-a-country">Rebecca Solnit</a> <a href="/p/charles-bukowski-we-are-here-to-laugh-at-the-odds-and-live-our-lives-so">Charles Bukowski</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-the-glory-of-friendship-is-not-the-outstretched-hand">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/thich-nhat-hanh-drink-your-tea-slowly-and-reverently-as-if-it-is-the-axis">Thich Nhat Hanh</a> <a href="/p/rumi-helloooo-i-just-made-some-changes-in-my-life-and-if-i-don-t-get-back">Rumi</a> <a href="/p/alain-de-botton-the-desire-for-high-status-is-never-stronger-than-in-those">Alain de Botton</a> <a href="/p/pema-ch-dr-n-letting-there-be-room-for-not-knowing-is-the-most-important">Pema Chödrön</a> <a href="/p/pema-ch-dr-n-authentic-joy-is-not-a-euphoric-state-or-a-feeling-of-being">Pema Chödrön</a> <a href="/p/pema-ch-dr-n-meditation-is-a-process-of-lightening-up-of-trusting-the">Pema Chödrön</a> <a href="/p/mary-karr-such-a-small-pure-object-a-poem-could-be-made-of-nothing-but-air">Mary Karr</a> <a href="/p/rumi-raise-your-words-not-voice-it-is-rain-that-grows-flowers-not-thunder">Rumi</a> <a href="/p/aldous-huxley-if-one-s-different-one-s-bound-to-be-lonely">Aldous Huxley</a> <a href="/p/maya-angelou-we-need-much-less-than-we-think-we-need">Maya Angelou</a> <a href="/p/anne-lamott-i-learned-that-god-was-an-equal-opportunity-employer-that-it">Anne Lamott</a> <a href="/p/david-whyte-if-you-do-not-bring-forth-what-is-within-you-what-you-do-not">David Whyte</a> <a href="/p/maya-angelou-my-great-hope-is-to-laugh-as-much-as-i-cry-to-get-my-work">Maya Angelou</a> <a href="/p/dino-buzzati-but-is-it-possible-that-there-is-no-one-no-one-at-all-with">Dino Buzzati</a> <a href="/p/li-bai-peach-blossom-follows-the-moving-water-there-is-another-heaven-and">Li Bai</a> <a href="/p/elena-ferrante-my-life-i-realized-was-enormously-beautiful-not-in-its">Elena Ferrante</a> <a href="/p/louise-gluck-i-was-born-to-apprehend-not-the-apple-but-the-bar-of-light">Louise Gluck</a> <a href="/p/mary-oliver-instructions-for-living-a-life-pay-attention-be-astonished">Mary Oliver</a> <a href="/p/patti-smith-personally-i-m-not-much-for-symbolism-i-never-get-it-why-can-t">Patti Smith</a> <a href="/p/john-o-donohue-take-time-to-see-the-quiet-miracles-thatseek-no-attention">John O'Donohue</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-that-man-is-richest-whose-pleasures-are-the-cheapest">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/marilynne-robinson-loneliness-refined-his-perceptions-and-he-saw-the-world">Marilynne Robinson</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-yet-the-roses-are-not-less-lovely-for-all-that">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-in-a-world-of-disorder-and-disaster-and-fraud-sometimes">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/donna-tartt-that-life-whatever-else-it-is-is-short-that-fate-is-cruel-but">Donna Tartt</a> <a href="/p/wendell-berry-she-was-another-gift-surely-to-us-all-she-was-a-happiness">Wendell Berry</a> <a href="/p/walt-whitman-keep-your-face-always-toward-the-sunshine-and-shadows-will">Walt Whitman</a> <a href="/p/robert-frost-keep-near-to-nature-s-heart-and-break-clear-away-once-in-a">Robert Frost</a> <a href="/p/rebecca-solnit-memory-even-in-the-rest-of-us-is-a-shifting-fading-partial">Rebecca Solnit</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-it-is-one-of-the-beautiful-compensations-of-life-that">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/chinua-achebe-he-saw-himself-and-his-fathers-crowding-round-their">Chinua Achebe</a> <a href="/p/hermann-hesse-once-he-said-to-her-you-are-like-me-you-are-different-from">Hermann Hesse</a> <a href="/p/rabindranath-tagore-let-your-life-lightly-dance-on-the-edges-of-time-like">Rabindranath Tagore</a> <a href="/p/hafiz-even-after-all-this-time-the-sun-never-says-to-the-earth-you-owe-me">Hafiz</a> <a href="/p/mark-twain-work-and-play-are-words-used-to-describe-the-same-thing-under">Mark Twain</a> <a href="/p/mark-twain-warm-summer-sun-shine-brightly-here-warm-southern-wind-blow">Mark Twain</a> <a href="/p/naguib-mahfouz-i-lived-for-ages-in-search-of-truth-until-the-truth-found">Naguib Mahfouz</a> <a href="/p/wendell-berry-i-come-into-the-peace-of-wild-thingswho-do-not-tax-their">Wendell Berry</a> <a href="/p/madeleine-l-engle-creativity-is-a-way-of-living-life-no-matter-what-our">Madeleine L'Engle</a> <a href="/p/george-bernard-shaw-you-don-t-stop-laughing-when-you-grow-old-you-grow-old">George Bernard Shaw</a> <a href="/p/bren-brown-i-m-not-a-parenting-expert-in-fact-i-m-not-sure-that-i-even">Brené Brown</a> <a href="/p/lao-tzu-be-content-with-what-you-have-rejoice-in-the-way-things-are-when">Lao Tzu</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-to-get-back-my-youth-i-would-do-anything-in-the-world-except">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/c-s-lewis-one-day-you-will-be-old-enough-to-start-reading-fairytales-again">C.S. Lewis</a> <a href="/p/sylvia-plath-i-took-a-deep-breath-and-listened-to-the-old-brag-of-my-heart">Sylvia Plath</a> <a href="/p/banana-yoshimoto-it-occurred-to-me-that-if-i-were-a-ghost-this-ambiance">Banana Yoshimoto</a> <a href="/p/f-scott-fitzgerald-later-she-remembered-all-the-hours-of-the-afternoon-as">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-it-is-absurd-to-divide-people-into-good-and-bad-people-are">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/antoine-de-saint-exupery-where-are-the-people-it-s-lonely-in-the-desert-it">Antoine de Saint-Exupery</a> <a href="/p/ana-s-nin-it-is-the-function-of-art-to-renew-our-perception-what-we-are">Anaïs Nin</a> <a href="/p/kahlil-gibran-wake-at-dawn-with-a-winged-heart-and-give-thanks-for-another">Kahlil Gibran</a> <a href="/p/hermann-hesse-within-yourself-is-a-stillness-and-a-sanctuary-to-which-you">Hermann Hesse</a> <a href="/p/john-steinbeck-as-with-many-people-charles-who-could-not-talk-wrote-with">John Steinbeck</a> <a href="/p/mark-twain-to-get-the-full-value-of-a-joy-you-must-have-somebody-to-divide">Mark Twain</a> <a href="/p/marilynne-robinson-we-fly-we-dream-in-darkness-we-devour-phantoms-we-are">Marilynne Robinson</a> <a href="/p/gabriel-garcia-marquez-what-matters-in-life-is-not-what-happens-to-you-but">Gabriel Garcia Marquez</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-the-earth-laughs-in-flowers">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-we-need-the-tonic-of-wildness-at-the-same-time-that-we">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/kahlil-gibran-the-appearance-of-things-changes-according-to-the-emotions">Kahlil Gibran</a> <a href="/p/elizabeth-gilbert-the-day-is-ending-it-s-time-for-something-that-was">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="/p/may-sarton-so-let-the-world-go-but-hold-fast-to-joy">May Sarton</a> <a href="/p/kahlil-gibran-but-let-there-be-spaces-in-your-togetherness-and-let-the">Kahlil Gibran</a> <a href="/p/james-joyce-mr-duffy-lived-a-short-distance-from-his-body">James Joyce</a> <a href="/p/john-steinbeck-as-happens-sometimes-a-moment-settled-and-hovered-and">John Steinbeck</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-you-life-is-a-progress-and-not-a-station">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/blaise-pascal-the-eternal-silence-of-these-infinite-spaces-frightens-me">Blaise Pascal</a> <a href="/p/pablo-neruda-they-can-cut-all-the-flowers-but-they-can-t-stop-the-spring">Pablo Neruda</a> <a href="/p/ana-s-nin-there-is-not-one-big-cosmic-meaning-for-all-there-is-only-the">Anaïs Nin</a> <a href="/p/viktor-frankl-live-as-if-you-were-living-already-for-the-second-time-and">Viktor Frankl</a> <a href="/p/j-d-salinger-i-am-always-saying-glad-to-ve-met-you-to-somebody-i-m-not-at">J.D. Salinger</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-when-good-americans-die-they-go-to-paris">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/wendell-berry-i-realized-that-the-story-of-even-so-small-a-place-can-never">Wendell Berry</a> <a href="/p/oscar-wilde-that-s-always-seemed-so-ridiculous-to-me-that-people-would">Oscar Wilde</a> <a href="/p/walt-whitman-re-examine-all-you-have-been-told-in-school-or-church-or-in">Walt Whitman</a> <a href="/p/pablo-neruda-take-bread-away-from-me-if-you-wish-take-air-away-but-do-not">Pablo Neruda</a> <a href="/p/patti-smith-he-took-twelve-pictures-that-day-within-a-few-days-he-showed">Patti Smith</a> <a href="/p/joseph-campbell-people-say-that-what-we-re-all-seeking-is-a-meaning-for">Joseph Campbell</a> <a href="/p/ralph-waldo-emerson-for-everything-you-have-missed-you-have-gained">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> <a href="/p/langston-hughes-life-is-fine-fine-as-wine-life-is-fine">Langston Hughes</a> <a href="/p/mark-twain-when-you-fish-for-love-bait-with-your-heart-not-your-brain">Mark Twain</a> <a href="/p/mary-karr-i-think-about-the-story-of-job-i-heard-in-carol-sharp-s-sunday">Mary Karr</a> <a href="/p/walt-whitman-to-me-every-cubic-inch-of-space-is-a-miracle">Walt Whitman</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-in-wildness-is-the-preservation-of-the-world">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/rumi-let-the-beauty-of-what-you-love-be-what-you-do">Rumi</a> <a href="/p/henry-david-thoreau-if-a-man-does-not-keep-pace-with-his-companions">Henry David Thoreau</a> <a href="/p/joseph-conrad-we-live-as-we-dream-alone">Joseph Conrad</a> <a href="/p/joseph-campbell-all-of-life-is-a-meditation-most-of-it-unintentional">Joseph Campbell</a> <a href="/p/thich-nhat-hanh-do-not-lose-yourself-in-the-past-do-not-lose-yourself-in">Thich Nhat Hanh</a> <a href="/p/hanya-yanagihara-things-get-broken-and-sometimes-they-get-repaired-and-in">Hanya Yanagihara</a> </nav>
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