“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
“The word hygge has been sifted to the surface in recent years but the concept is not new. It is a practice… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Concept Copy Share Image
“Hygge is 'fragile' because the process, in a sense, is the goal. It comes through collaborative effort and can easily appear but… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Collaborative effort Copy Share Image
“At the heart of hygge is a willingness to set aside time for simply being with people, and, ideally, having all the… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Attention Copy Share Image
“We live and the things around us live, through daily care. -Ilsa Crawford” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Care Copy Share Image
“When we are content, our daily actions are infused with a quiet satisfaction that we share with those around us. We become… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Aware Copy Share Image
“The military failure of the old empire was subsequently not mourned as an outward loss but celebrated as an inward gain.” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Failure Copy Share Image
“The way that we hygger and offer reassurance is unique to each of us according to the things to which we attach… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Ambience Copy Share Image
“Although home still represents stability in an unstable world, we're beginning to see that home can be how we live, a situation… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Attach Copy Share Image
“Things sing when they reach a certain degree of presence. -Thomas Moore” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Comfort Copy Share Image
“We cannot all do great things. But we can do small things with great love. -Mother Teresa” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Comfort Copy Share Image
“Hygge is about having less, enjoying more; the pleasure of simply being. It is generous and celebratory, a way to remember the… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Being Copy Share Image
“An essential ingredient to hygge is the boundary that marks a place or delineates a moment - a fence, a circle of… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Embrace 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
“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
“We all hygger: gathered around a table for a shared meal or beside a fire on a dark night, when we sit… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Books 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
“At a time of global instability we have become distanced from each other and the environment. We have lost the immediacy, comfort… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Being Copy Share Image
“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own creations. -Oscar Wilde” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Forgive 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
“Home is an emotional state, a place in the imagination where feelings of security, belonging, placement, family, protection, memory and personal history… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Belong Copy Share Image
“The grace of a curve is an invitation to remain. We cannot break away from it without hoping to return. -Gaston Bachelard” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Comfort Copy Share Image
“O for a life of Sensations rather than of Thoughts. -John Keats” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Comfort Copy Share Image
“True kinship takes a warm heart. In essence, it is about being together, deeply honestly. We talk about love so much but… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Being Copy Share Image
