Money Quote: My Symphony

November 28, 2006 at 5:52 pm · Filed under Anti-Consumerism, Conscious Consumption, Money Matters, Voluntary Simplicity

From William Henry Channing (1810-1884) [via Pocket Farm]:

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common—this is my symphony.

4 Comments »

  1. Anne said,

    November 29, 2006 at 6:44 am

    Thank you for this - it’s wonderful to find that someone has already put into words what I aspire to myself.

  2. jerusha said,

    November 29, 2006 at 7:15 am

    i love it.

  3. azgoddess said,

    November 29, 2006 at 12:45 pm

    with bowed hands - namasta…thanks this is beautiful!

  4. Ani said,

    November 30, 2006 at 12:34 am

    Thank you for sharing this!

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