Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.

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Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance.

Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance.

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and...

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and...

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm

In nature, there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation

In nature, there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals love them. But those who respect...

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals love them. But those who respect...

How vivid is the suffering of the few when the people are few and how...

How vivid is the suffering of the few when the people are few and how...

Only fools and horses work

Only fools and horses work

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood...

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood...

The cat has nine lives: three for playing, three for straying, three for staying

The cat has nine lives: three for playing, three for straying, three for staying

Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn't rush into it.

Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn't rush into it.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself...

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one...

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at...

Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at...

Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled

Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled

To catch a hare with a cart

To catch a hare with a cart

Nature is the art of God

Nature is the art of God

I wish I had an answer to that, because I'm tired of answering that question

I wish I had an answer to that, because I'm tired of answering that question