Here is a quote I recently came across. William Henry Channing was an American Unitarian clergyman, writer and philosopher of the 19th century. Among his inspirational writings, one piece, his “Symphony“, is most well-known:

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common – this is my symphony. | William Henry Channing