A library of wisdom
Quotes — every concept, every voice
622 hand-picked quotes from the world's wisdom traditions, each linked to its source concept. Filter by concept below, or scroll through the whole library.
“Hygge is about an atmosphere and an experience, rather than about things. It is about being with the people we love. A feeling of home. A feeling that we are safe.”
“Hygge is the art of creating intimacy: a sense of comradeship, conviviality, and contentment rolled into one.”
“If you ask the Danes what they most associate with hygge, an overwhelming 85 per cent will mention candles.”
“Hygge has been called everything from the art of creating intimacy to coziness of the soul.”
“There is no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.”
“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.”
“Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”
“He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.”
“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.”
“I am so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
“Attention is the beginning of devotion.”
“In an age of speed, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow.”
“The slow philosophy is not about doing everything at a snail's pace. It is about seeking to do everything at the right speed.”
“Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.”
“There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.”
“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.”
“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realise there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.”
“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.”
“Rest and be thankful.”
“Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom.”
“The hygge of an evening depends not on the size of the room but on the warmth of the company.”
“Comfort is not a luxury to be earned later; it is the soil that ordinary days grow in.”
“The goal of medicine is not to give patients more years of life. It is to give life to their years.”
“Strength is the single most important physical metric to optimize for the second half of life.”
“You can either die young at any age, or you can die old at a very old age. Compress your morbidity.”
“If you want to live longer, your VO2 max matters more than almost anything else.”