The Beauty of Elegance

“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 Ellery Channing (American moralist, Unitarian Clergyman and Author, 1780-1842) 
Source: ThinkExist.com

"Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a quality that decides between success and failure."

Edsger W. Dijkstra (Dutch computer scientist, May 11, 1930 – August 6, 2002) 
Source: StrangeWondrous.net