To
know you have enough is to be rich.
-- Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Be
content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there
is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
-- Lao Tzu
Manifest
plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
-- Lao-Tzu,
Tao Te Ching
I
have learned by some experience, by many examples, and by the writings of countless
others before me, also occupied in the search, that certain environments, certain
modes of life, certain rules of conduct are more conducive to inner and outer
harmony than others. There are, in fact, certain roads that one may follow. Simplification
of life is one of them.
-- Ann Morrow Lindbergh (Gift from the Sea)
The trouble
with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn't
simple.
-- Doris Janzen Longacre
“In
character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.”
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Making
the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely
simple, that's creativity.
-- Charles Mingus
Eliminate
physical clutter. More importantly, eliminate spiritual clutter.
--D.H. Mondfleur
You can't force
simplicity; but you can invite it in by finding as much richness as possible in
the few things at hand. Simplicity doesn't mean meagerness but rather a certain
kind of richness, the fullness that appears when we stop stuffing the world with
things.
-- Thomas Moore
 | The
ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul
than their simplicity might suggest.
Thomas
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Have
nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
-- William Morris
| One of the advantages
of being born in an affluent society is that if one has any intelligence at all,
one will realize that having more and more won't solve the problem, and happiness
does not lie in possessions, or even relationships: The answer lies within ourselves.
If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.
-- Tenzin Palmo
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Simplicity
involves unburdening your life, and living more lightly with fewer distractions
that interfere with a high quality life, as defined uniquely by each individual.
You will find people living simply in large cities, rural areas and everything
in between.
-- Linda Breen Pierce
The
day, water, sun, moon, night -- I do not have to purchase these things with money.
-- Plautus
Simplicity
is the nature of great souls.
-- Papa Ramadas
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Too many people spend money
they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't
like.
-- Will Rogers
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A
little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt |
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