A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort.

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"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder."

- E.B. White

Awareness

"If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."

- E.B. White

Balance

"I wake up in the morning torn between the desire to save the world and to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."

- E.B. White

Balance

"You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing."

- E.B. White

Relationships

"The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last forever. Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year—the days when summer is changing into autumn—the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change."

- E.B. White

Adversity

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"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

- Epictetus

Contentment

"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday."

- A. A. Milne

Contentment

"Small is not just a stepping stone. Small is a great destination itself."

- Jason Fried

Contentment

"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing."

Contentment

"As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried after a good long life."

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