QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON SUFFICIENCY

We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.

John Cage (1912-1992, American composer)

Be your own palace, or the world is your jail.

John Donne (1572-1632, British metaphysical poet)

I don't need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves.

Shirley MacLaine (1934-, American actress)

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be self-sufficient.

Michel Eyquem De Montaigne (1533-1592, French philosopher, essayist)

At the center of climb is "I"

American Proverb (Sayings of American origin)

A small fire that warms you is better than a large one that burns you.

French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)

Better no doctor at all than three.

Polish Proverb (Sayings of Polish origin)

Let me listen to myself and not to them.

Gertrude Stein (1874-1946, American author)

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