A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1 Quotes

“December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“It is the quietening of the day that most appeals.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“The real world, in my opinion, exists in the countryside, where Nature goes about her quiet business and brings us greatest pleasure.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“The more we try to control nature, the more imbalanced our world becomes.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“A traditional Englishman drinks tea to the point where his blood has long-since been replaced with an infusion of Ceylon, Assam, and Darjeeling.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“If we spend enough time dreaming, then the dream might eventually become real.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“Real life is to be found in natural things that have meaning.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“Take a step back and view the world through your eyes, not someone else’s. Listen to your heart and decide what you really want.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“I like tea so much that I’m considering changing my name to Bergamot so that I can exist in a perpetual state of Earl Grey contentment.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“Old buildings whisper to us in the creaking of floorboards and rattling of windowpanes.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“I like working among ‘creative clutter’. It gives me a sense of activity and achievement.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“Recent generations seem to consider ‘old-fashioned’ thinking as out-dated and without place in the modern world. I beg to differ. After all, who has greater faith? He who looks to and learns from the past, or the man who cares not for consequence?”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“Writers who copy or plagiarise others are dreaming in another man’s sleep.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“Have courage to go your own way and fulfil the dreams that are unique and important to you.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“The world grows ever complex. More urban. Less peaceful.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“As travellers through time, we are burdened with the stone in our shoe that tells us to stop running, to pause and take stock before we stumble and fall. We should make time to savour the quality of our lives before it’s too late.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“A spectator would conclude that I was living in the past. But I was very much living in the present. My present.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“Books are the most important of all my possessions. They capture the thoughts, feelings, dreams and lives of their authors, welcoming us into their worlds and inspiring us to emulate their adventures.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“Water creates so much beauty, life and mystery.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“Everything from the humble woodlouse to specks of dust moving through a ray of sunlight. Each tells a story.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“Study the nature around you, but also within you.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“Stop – Unplug – Escape – Enjoy.’ This is the message of the Priory, and the key to enjoying a peaceful and rewarding life.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“It is possible to escape the complexities, challenges and pace of modern life. All we have to do is close our eyes and picture a quiet world where time moves slowly.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“In the dream world, anything is possible. It requires a fertile imagination, and a desire to explore the half-light between the known and the unknown.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“Water is intrinsically linked to the mystery and excitement of discovering new worlds.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“As an angler and a gardener, I cherish each drop of rain that falls.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“One cannot help but identify with the life-giving quality of water, not just to quench our thirst, but for our emotional and spiritual wellbeing.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“I admit to being prone to deep thinking, which – given that I’m emerging from dark times – can take me to some very sombre or profound places. But this is no bad thing. I always resurface wiser and with a way of viewing things that is different to before.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1

“To cherish and learn from the past is to enrich our lives.”
― Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life - Fennel's Journal - No. 1