Does the end justify the means? Or should it be, Do the ends justify the mean; do the extremes justify moderation? — Daniel N. Robinson Copy Share Image
People know that I have adopted four principles in living my life: simple living, punctuality, hard work and prudence. — Abdul Sattar Edhi 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
It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of Courage-to move in the opposite direction. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It seems to me that inner growth is the whole moving force behind voluntary simplicity. — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
There is no way to re-enchant our lives in a disenchanted culture except by becoming renegades from that culture and planting the… — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
“...there are often many things we feel we should do that, in fact, we don't really have to do. Getting to the… — Elaine St. James Copy Share Image
Living is really pretty simple. Living happens right now; it doesn't happen back then, and it doesn't happen out there. Living is… — Werner Erhard Copy Share Image
About cars: They can list with faithful accuracy each model they acquired through the years, how much they paid for each one,… — Doris Janzen Longacre Copy Share Image
“Lower the animal, fancier the extravagance, Fancy car, fancy clothes, fancy mansion. Higher the human, simpler the existence, Simple life orchestrates mindful… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Let me wake up next to you, have coffee in the morning and wander through the city with your hand in mine,… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is… — Albert Schweitzer 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… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
We have to cultivate contentment with what we have. We really don't need much. When you know this, the mind settles down.… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“Even if through simple living and rigorous recycling you stopped your own average Americans annual one ton of garbage production, your per… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
There is no formula. We all must become spirited inventors. There's no single answer - not even a single starting point. Even… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
The simplicity that all this presupposes is not easy to attain. I find that my life constantly threatens to become complex and… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Society, and the family as its psycho social agent, has to solve a difficult problem: How to break a person's will without… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
It is desirable that a man be clad so simply that he can lay his hands on himself in the dark, and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A spiritual retreat is medicine for soul starvation. Through silence, solitary practice, and simple living, we begin to fill the empty reservoir.… — David A. Cooper Copy Share Image
We must redefine the American Dream before we rebuild the infrastructure on which it is based. — Paolo Soleri Copy Share Image
There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
People say "I want peace." If you remove I (ego), and your want (desire), you are left with peace. — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Simplicity is an enduring habit within a soul that has grown impervious to evil thoughts. — John Climacus Copy Share Image
We can make ourselves whole only by accepting our partiality, by living within our limits, by being humans not by trying to… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
A lady once offered me a mat, but as I had no room to spare within the house, nor time to spare… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We live in a society either scarred by scarcity or spoiled by luxury. We have no idea how much is enough. We… — Sharif Abdullah Copy Share Image
America of the future will be all malls connected by interstates. All because your parents no longer can their own tomatoes. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
One remarkable feature of the devotional masters is the incredible sense of uniform witness in the midst of such diverse personalities... and… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Any 'Christians' who take for themselves any more than the plain necessaries of life, live in an open habitual denial of the… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
“This is the beautiful secret of minimalism: It may seem like it’s about stuff, but once you’ve cut through the clutter and… — Erica Layne Copy Share Image
As my spiritual growth expanded and developed, voluntary simplicity was a natural outgrowth. I came to realize the cost of material accumulation… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Everything we possess that is not necessary for life or happiness becomes a burden, and scarcely a day passes that we do… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
“If we open our eyes to simplicity, we may discover serene pleasures scattered around us, quietly waiting to be noticed.” — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
Respectability and security are subtle traps on life's journey. Those who are drawn to extremes are often nearer to renewal and self-discovery.… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and… — Laura Ingalls Wilder Copy Share Image
