I feel more voluntary about my pleasures and pains than the average American who has his needs dictated by Madison Avenue (my projections, of course). I feel sustained, excited, and constantly growing in my spiritual and intellectual pursuits. — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Simplicity of living, if deliberately chosen, implies a compassionate approach to life. It means that we are choosing to live our daily lives with… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
It seems to me that inner growth is the whole moving force behind voluntary simplicity. — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Poverty is mean and degrading to the human spirit, whereas a life of conscious simplicity can have both a beauty and a functional integrity… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Simplicity means to feel such a sense of kinship with others that we choose to live simply so that others may simply live. — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
An elegant simplicity is an understated, organic aesthetic that contrasts with the excess of consumerist lifestyles. Drawing from influences ranging from Zen to the… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
“To live sustainably, we must live efficiently - not misdirecting or squandering the earth's precious resources. To live efficiently, we must live peacefully for military expenditures represent an enormous diversion of resources from meeting basic human needs. To live peacefully, we must live with a reasonable degree of equity, or fairness, for it is unrealistic to think that, in a… — Duane Elgin Copy Share
The character of a whole society is the cumulative result of countless small actions, day in and day out, of millions of persons. — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Our life is frittered away by detail Simplify, simplify.” Or, as Plato wrote, “In order to seek one’s own direction, one must simplify the… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Living simply is not about living in poverty or self-inflicted deprivation. It's about living an examined life where one has determined what is truly… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Simplicity of living means meeting life face to face. It means confronting life clearly, without unnecessary distractions. It means being direct and honest in… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Voluntary simplicity has more to do with the state of mind than a person's physical surroundings and possessions. — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
To live more simply is to unburden our lives - to live more lightly, cleanly, aerodynamically. It is to establish a more direct, unpretentious… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
