Have nothing in your houses that you do not know
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
Everything should be made as simple as possible,
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Our affluent society contains those of talent and
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
Our affluent society contains those of talent and insight who are driven to prefer poverty, to choose it, rather than submit to the desolation of an empty abundance.
You have succeeded in life when all you really wa
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
As you simplify your life, the laws of the univer
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
Since all the riches of this world
May be gif
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
Since all the riches of this world
May be gifts from the Devil and earthly kings,
I should suspect that I worshipp'd the Devil
If I thank'd my God for worldly things.
To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world.
People love chopping wood. In this activity
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.
How many things are there which I do not want.
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
How many things are there which I do not want.
Eliminate physical clutter. More importantl
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
Eliminate physical clutter. More importantly, eliminate spiritual clutter.
Maybe a person's time would be as well spent rais
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.
If you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
If you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days.
Material blessings, when they pay beyond the cate
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.
Who is rich? He who rejoices in his portion
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
Who is rich? He who rejoices in his portion.
We don't need to increase our goods nearly as muc
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
We don't need to increase our goods nearly as much as we need to scale down our wants. Not wanting something is as good as possessing it.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unn
I Like! (+0) | Dislike (-0)
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
+ Comments
You would be the first person to comment this article!