“...the problem is this: how do you measure wellbeing, happiness, tactility, trust, freedom, friendship, awareness, beauty, love, memory and so on? -Ilsa… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Considering family togetherness seems promising for understanding hygge in its most basic form. When we refer to hygge, we are using the… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“To be in a situation characterised by hygge is to be in a state of pleasant wellbeing and security, with a relaxed… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves - such an ethical basis I call more proper for… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Hygge is evoked in situations where there is nothing to accomplish but letting go to the present moment in a way that's… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“For years, home has been idealised as a refuge from the world, somewhere predictable and unchanging. But home isn't just where we… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“To a great extent, friluftsliv is made possible by the Swedish common law of allemansratten (the right of public access), which grants… — Linda Akeson McGurk Copy Share Image
“All really inhabited space bears the essence of the notion of home. -Gaston Bachelard” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Hygge relies on us finding a balance between self-containment and wholehearted participation, personal liberty and awareness of the needs of others. It… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. -Emily Dickinson” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“A rich social life (measured by quality of experience rather than quantity of friends) contributes to good health, happiness and longevity. So… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Hygge relates to social awareness, ways of communicating and ways of thinking about others. When we hygger, we acknowledge each other's traits… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“The flip side of an experience of enjoyment is the certainty that it won't last forever, Today's moment of hygge will be… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“In acceptance of the limitations that life imposes on us and in knowing that we can choose our attitude in any given… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“He didn't remember, he didn't worry, he just was. -Tove Jansson” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Being too preoccupied with how a gathering is taking shape, and making obvious attempts to take personal responsibility for the smooth running… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Participants experience a 'social intimacy' and a basic 'trust' in the inclusiveness and good intentions of the other people present. Hygge cannot… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations. -Oscar Wilde” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Life begins well. It begins enclosed, protected, all warm in the bosom of the house. -Gaston Bachelard” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“...how a familiar room slowly changes colour as morning arrives.” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Hygge helps us to communicate what it's like to be human; it is part of a global vocabulary that speaks to our… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. -Ludwig Wittgenstein” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
