...hear reason

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
-Henry Fielding, author (1707-1754)

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. -Hal Borland, author and journalist (14 May 1900-1978)

Fear Vs. Reality

...renewed in the spending

One must not be mean with the affections; what is spent of the fund is renewed in the spending itself. 

-Sigmund Freud, neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis (1856-1939)

How we spend...

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
-Annie Dillard, author (b. 30 Apr 1945)