A Simple lifestyle of reduced consumption allows more time for interaction with living, dynamic beings, more opportunity for meeting the Other more… — Stephanie Kaza Copy Share Image
“Fiscal prudence, leaving cheaply, self-sufficiency, being close to nature, contenting oneself with simple pleasures, asceticism, routine, and aesthetic austerity: these are the… — Emrys Westacott 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
A society whose principles are acquisition, profit, and property produces a social character oriented around having, and once the dominant pattern is… — Erich Fromm 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
Paying attention at every moment, forms a new relationship to time. In some magical way, by slowing down, you become more efficient,… — Michael Ray 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
Liberating oneself from the addiction of consumerism and careerism promotes inner peace. — David Shi Copy Share Image
To me, voluntary simplicity means integration and awareness in my life. — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn't simple. — Doris Janzen Longacre Copy Share Image
“The best gift we can give to our children is a greener future. We don’t need to give them anything special.” — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
If you are wise, you will dread a prosperity which only loads you with more. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In the end, what affects your life most deeply are things too simple to talk about. — Nell Blaine Copy Share Image
If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, This is the best season of your life. — Wumen Huikai Copy Share Image
Time with yourself, with your family, and with your God may prove to be the ultimate saving. — Doris Janzen Longacre Copy Share Image
Now and then, living more with less means paying more money. It may mean buying better quality - leaving behind repetitive purchases… — Doris Janzen Longacre 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
The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored. — Laozi 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
To live without that enchantment of beauty is to interpret frugality and simple living with a puritan literalism — John Lane Copy Share Image
