Simple Living Quotes

86 quotes by 67 authors

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. — William Blake
Through return to simple living comes control of desires. In control of desires stillness is attained. In stillness the world is restored. — Laozi
Happiness blooms naturally in the hearts of those who are inwardly free. It flows spontaneously, like a mountain spring after April showers, in minds that… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Whatever a man seeks, honors, or exalts more than God, this is the god of idolatry. — William Bernard Ullathorne
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much - make it greedy, miserable and sick. — John Steinbeck
We owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness either enforced or voluntary. — Agatha Christie
We need not want what we are the middle of. — James Bertolino
Things that don't get better, get worse. — Ellen Stern
Anyone who isn't confused doesn't understand what's going on. — Dimitri Simes
The worst way to improve the world is to condemn it. — Philip James Bailey
Anything that exists is possible. — Mahatma Gandhi
A society whose principles are acquisition, profit, and property produces a social character oriented around having, and once the dominant pattern is established, nobody wants… — Erich Fromm
Many of them had a better time than they ever had in their lives because they were discovering the new freedom - the less you… — E F Schumacher
Society, and the family as its psycho social agent, has to solve a difficult problem: How to break a person's will without his being aware… — Erich Fromm
The new morality does not consist in saving but in expanding consumption. — Simon N. Patten
I wish I were either rich enough or poor enough to do a lot of things that are impossible in my present comfortable circumstances. — Don Herold
Does the end justify the means? Or should it be, Do the ends justify the mean; do the extremes justify moderation? — Daniel N. Robinson
What we really need is to realize how little we really need. — Ashleigh Brilliant
Life truly is a journey, and the less baggage we carry the easier the ride. — Wally Amos
Paying attention at every moment, forms a new relationship to time. In some magical way, by slowing down, you become more efficient, productive, and energetic,… — Michael Ray

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