Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton
True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

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"Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle."

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Courage

"Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame."

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Creativity

"There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds."

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Creativity

"I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees."

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Leadership

"A stiff apology is a second insult. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt."

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Healing

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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."

Contentment