Friday, October 31, 2008

cultivate poverty like a garden herb

the real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.   

-adam smith

however mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. things do not change, we change. sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.  

- henry david thoreau

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