Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Quote for the day

My greatest skill has been to want but little.
-Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good one to have. My wanting in the opposite direction keeps me broke!

Birdie said...

I want a little gold. And a little car. And a little...no, I want a LOT of chocolate. Does that count?

Indigo said...

Sometimes it's not about having what you want, it's wanting what you have.

Unknown said...

that must be a skill because i don't behlieve i have it. but then, i am not really myself these days. i am in the throes of a life change- one that was basically unplanned.
and for starters- i want to be handling it better....
so i'm gonna think about this skill you post about today.