Need vs. want – “No Buy Challenge” catches on to save planet and wallet. Most people in wealthy countries own 77-155 pieces of clothing and only wear 20% 80% of the time
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A practical guide on how to stop buying clothes.
Six years ago, Lauren Fay decided to stop buying new clothes for a full year. At the time, this seemed like a radical thing to do; but she was an early member of a growing movement devoted to drastically reducing our clothing consumption.
Back then, Fay was partly motivated to save money. She’s
Meditations – journal of second-century A.D. Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius who turned to philosophy and introspection for answers to life and happiness
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – Marcus Aurelius
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What were Marcus Aurelius’ rules for life? His self-help classic has the answers
Despite being written for his eyes only, the philosopher emperor’s private journal, Meditations, has now
“Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.” – Albert Einstein
“Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.” – Albert Einstein
“Mathematics is the music of reason.” — James Joseph Sylvester
“A mathematician who is not also something of a poet will never be a complete mathematician.” — Karl Weierstrass
“Nature is written in mathematical language.” — Galileo Galilei
“The pure mathematician, like the musician, is a free creator of his world of ordered
“Life is short… Forgive quickly… Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile.”
Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile.
Mark Twain
“Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings.” – Publilius Syrus
“Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings.” – Publilius Syrus
“The best doctors gives the least medicine.” Benjamin Franklin
“In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
Warren Buffett wouldn’t pay $25 for “all the bitcoin in the world”: “it doesn’t produce anything” “rat poison squared” Charlie Munger: bitcoin “stupid and evil and make me look bad in comparison to somebody else”
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It doesn’t look like legendary investor Warren Buffett will be adding bitcoin to his portfolio any time soon. Asked Saturday at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting if he had changed his famously negative views on bitcoin or crypto, the 91-year-old investor didn’t mince his words.
Buffett began his answer by saying that if all the attendees
“Art is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of the mother’s face.”
“The poetry of the earth is never dead.” ― John Keats
“Art is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of the mother’s face.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?” ― Vincent Willem van Gogh
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” – Lao Tzu
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
“At the center of your being
you have the answer;
you know who you are
and you know what you want.”
- Lao Tzu
“Let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile.”
Let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile.
Author Unknown
“A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.” – Benjamin Franklin
A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.
Benjamin Franklin
“There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.” – Plato
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
Plato
“The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.” – Lao Tzu
The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.
Lao Tzu
“The universe must not be narrowed down to the limit of our understanding…”
The universe must not be narrowed down to the limit of our understanding, but our understanding must be stretched and enlarged to take in the image of the universe as it is discovered.
Francis Bacon
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
– Abraham Lincoln