You grow, learn, and the more I can sit in silence and be comfortable with myself, the more I can make noise, as ironic and Zen Buddhist and satanic as it sounds!
Fashion could be more relevant. It needs to be understood rather than just consumed.
Luxury must have that over-the-top attitude but be effortless at the same time, that's what feels chic to me.
My idea of elegance – and this refers to women as well as men – is that someone is elegant when he or she shows a good knowledge of what fits them, where you can find naturalness and self-esteem. Not showing off. Elegance is the idea of showing an optimistic depiction of oneself, and to lose oneself in the frivolity of style and fashion.
You can do what you want, at home. But when you go out, keep it together.
Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.
Banish the onion from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it.
Living life in separate compartments can lead to internal conflict and exhausting tension.
I do a lot of reading on Buddhist philosophy, and a Buddhist nun named Pema Chödrön talks a lot about acceptance. It's one of the main tenets of Buddhism - accepting that what is, is. The root of our suffering is when we just don't want to accept a truth. We want something to be different than it is.