"The Price of Anything is the Amount of Life You Exchange for it"
-Henry David Thoreau
"If You Are Ever Tempted To Look For Outside Approval,
Realize That You Have Compromised Your Integrity. If You Need A Witness, Be Your Own"
-Epictetus
"But He Who Dares Not Grasp The Thorns Should Never Crave The Rose"
-Anne Bronte
Eremitism
The Act of Gradually Fading From the Lives of Others, Not out of Malice but a Desire for Solitude or Renewal
Yutori
The Conscious Act of Slowing Down to Allow Us to Savor the World Around Us. The Refusal to Rush with no Goal Except to See
Meliorism
(n.) The Quiet Yet Unwavering Belief that the World, Despite its Flaws & Struggles Can Be Made Better Through Human Effort