“Forget about the money for a moment. Lose yourself in the wilderness, listen to the music of the softly blowing winds, feel… — Kiran Bisht 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
Consumerism is, quite precisely, the consuming of life by the things consumed. It is living in a manner that is measured by… — Richard John Neuhaus Copy Share Image
Simplicity is an enduring habit within a soul that has grown impervious to evil thoughts. — John Climacus Copy Share Image
We owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness either enforced or voluntary. — Agatha Christie 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
The day is of infinite length for him who knows how to appreciate and use it. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If it hasn't already done so, the church... must recognize that it lives in a pagan society; it must seek for values… — Doris Janzen Longacre Copy Share Image
Too many commercials, too many lies Too many celebrities I don't recognize Too many brand names, too many magazines I got so… — Fred Small 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
I consciously started to live simply when I started to become conscious. — Duane Elgin 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
Five Life Standards of Voluntary Simplicity Do Justice Learn from the World Community Nurture People Cherish the Natural Order Non-Conform Freely. — Doris Janzen Longacre Copy Share Image
Oh to reach the point of death and realize one has not lived at all. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Life truly is a journey, and the less baggage we carry the easier the ride. — Wally Amos 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
“Why do you have to develop? If economic growth rises from 5% to 10%, is happiness going to double? What's wrong with… — Masanobu Fukuoka 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
We will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. — John Desmond Bernal Copy Share Image
I am strongly drawn to the simple life and am often oppressed by the feeling that I am engrossing an unnecessary amount… — Albert Einstein 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
