“Now that I no longer desire it all, I have it all without desire.” – John of the Cross

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst

October 31

When pressed for biographical details concerning his early life, Lincoln replied, 'It is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life. It can be all condensed into a simple sentence, and that sentence you will find in Gray's Elegy: “The short and simple annals of the poor.” That's my life, and that's all you or any one else can make out of it.'

- Abraham Lincoln

‘Be content with your own company. Relish tranquility.'

- Anonymous