Accumulation Quote by Duane Elgin

“As my spiritual growth expanded and developed, voluntary simplicity was a natural outgrowth. I came to realize the cost of material accumulation was too high and offered fewer and fewer real rewards, psychological and spiritual.”

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It seems to me that inner growth is the whole moving force behind voluntary simplicity.

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Voluntary simplicity has more to do with the state of mind than a person's physical surroundings and possessions.

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