Cargo container homes: 12 inspiring small living quotes
Small living may seem like a recent trend, but hundreds of great minds across history have long mused on the possibility of small living – be it in a tiny house, a container home, or even a hobbit-hole. Here are some of the greatest quotes assembled by some of the most prestigious writers, thinkers, and wordsmiths throughout history on the subject.
“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. -William Morris”
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“Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind, large ones weaken it. -Leonardo Da Vinci”
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” -Will Rogers
“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalms 91:1
“In a hole lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” – JRR Tolkein
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“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” – Socrates
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“Live simply so that others may simply live.” – Elizabeth Ann Seton
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“All I’m going to use this bed for is sleeping, eating, and maybe building a little fort.” – Homer Simpson
“Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge.” – Winston Churchill
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“Well, all I need is the air I breathe and a place to rest my head.” ― Hal Leonard
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“Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.” – Luke 9:58
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“A beach house isn’t just real estate. It’s a state of mind.” –Douglas Adams
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“Everything small is just a smaller version of something big!” – Finn the Human, Adventure Time
