"To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony"
- William Ellery Channing


"Ufak şeylerden zevk alabilmek; lüks yerine zerafet aramak; saygı istemek yerine değerli olmak; zengin olmak yerine kimseye muhtaç olmamak; sıkı çalışmak, sessizce düşünmek ve dürüst konuşmak; yıldızları, kuşları, bebekleri ve bilgeleri açık kalple dinlemek.
İşte benim senfonim!"

- William Ellery Channing




Clubs