“The good life exists only when you stop wanting a better one. It is the condition of savoring what is, rather than longing for what might be. The itch for things, so brilliantly injected by those who make and sell them, is in effect a virus draining the soul of contentment. A man never earns enough, a woman is never beautiful enough, clothes are never new enough., the house is never furnished enough, the food is never fancy enough. There is a point at which salvation lies in stepping off the escalator and saying: Enough. What I have will do; what I make of it is up to me.”

— Marya Mannes