“Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. -Samuel Taylor Coleridge” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Balance Copy Share Image
“The Danish expression man vil hinanden , we intend connection or want to be with each other” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Danish Copy Share Image
“The most common form of despair is not being who you are. -Soren Kierkegaard” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Being Copy Share Image
“All really inhabited space bears the essence of the notion of home. -Gaston Bachelard” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Essence Copy Share Image
“Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused. -Proverb” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Amuse Copy Share Image
“He didn't remember, he didn't worry, he just was. -Tove Jansson” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Hygge Copy Share Image
“It must be emphasized that hygge entails commitment to the present moment and a readiness to set distractions aside.” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Aside Copy Share Image
“If you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger. -Kahlil Gibran” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Bitter 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 Hygge Copy Share Image
“How we need that security. How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Comfort Copy Share Image
“There are three salient themes that run through any experience of hygge - interiority, contrast and atmosphere. They support and extend each… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Atmosphere Copy Share Image
“...to hold twilight or watch it darken, describes the pleasure we take in pausing to observe as day slips into night. To… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Darken Copy Share Image
“Every repast can have soul and can be enchanting; it asks for only a small degree of mindfulness and a habit of… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Care Copy Share Image
“In quieting our ambition on occasion to concentrate on empathy and friendship we are still investing in ourselves and we diminish the… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Ambition Copy Share Image
“In our deeds we can structure our lives so that the simple things that we do everyday, from bathing to cooking, have… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Deed Copy Share Image
“It must be emphasized that hygge entails commitment to the present moment and a readiness to set distractions aside. -Judith Friedman Hansen” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Aside Copy Share Image
“The Danes, considered to be among the happiest people in the world, have enjoyed hygge for hundreds of years. Denmark's high standard… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Content Copy Share Image
“Grundtvig believed that national identity was about a sense of belonging, that Denmark should not pursue outer grandeur but seek prosperity in… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Education 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 Basic Copy Share Image
“The Danes, considered to be among the happiest people in the world, have enjoyed hygge for hundreds of years. Denmark’s high standard… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Danes Copy Share Image
“In paying attention to our wellbeing, we address the needs of our environment - the society that we live in and our… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Attention Copy Share Image
“It isn’t easy in our complicated world to enjoy the pleasures of ordinary living—children, family, neighborhood, nature, walking, gathering, eating together. I… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Adventure Copy Share Image
“Elite culture was deplored as shallow by the growing middle classes, who placed emphasis on family and intimacy. Denmark’s history, its egalitarianism,… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Danes Copy Share Image
“Hygge is a practice related to how we create and preserve meaning in the places we inhabit, how we make homes that… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Bench Copy Share Image
“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. [quoting William Morris]” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Daily life Copy Share Image
“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet. -Emily Dickinson” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Again Copy Share Image
“real wealth is not what we can accumulate but what we have to share.” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Money Copy Share Image
“O for a life of Sensations rather than of Thoughts. -John Keats” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Comfort Copy Share Image
“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. -William Morris.” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Comfort Copy Share Image
“I see the task of architecture as the defence of the authenticity of human experience. -Juhani Pallasmaa” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Architecture Copy Share Image
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. -William Morris” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Beauty Copy Share Image
“All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. -Friedrich Nietzsche” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Comfort 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 Aware Copy Share Image
“We don't hygge to be content, we find contentment in hygge. Hygge is... about pleasure, presence and participation. It's... the understanding that… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Acceptance 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 Accept Copy Share Image
“Danes are good at appreciating the small things in life and at making the best of whatever they have. They place emphasis… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Appreciate Copy Share Image
“...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 Beauty 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 Completely 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 Bench Copy Share Image
“Hygge is a phenomenon that reflects our way of inhabiting the world. The routines that shape our days locate us - from… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Bench Copy Share Image
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