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Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.― Mark Twain
Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself. - Golda Meir
In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their ancestors invincible. Every art of corruption would be employed to loosen the bond of union which renders our resistance formidable. When the spirit of liberty which now animates our hearts and gives success to our arms is extinct, our numbers will accelerate our ruin and render us easier victims to tyranny.
Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.
But what if all the tranquility, all the comfort, all the contentment were now to come to a horrifying end?
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like him.
The only luxury is time. The time you get to spend with your family. -- Kanye West
The primary threat to nature and people today comes from centralising and monopolising power and control. Not until diversity is made the logic of production will there be a chance for sustainability, justice and peace. Cultivating and conserving diversity is no luxury in our times: it is a survival imperative.
When we are set free from the bondage of pleasing others, when we are free from currying others'approval-then no one will be able to make us miserable or dissatisfied. And then, if we know we have pleased God, contentment will be our consolation.
Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.
