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Only after people express their anger and sadness over the broken dreams of material prosperity will they turn to the task of building a sustainable ….
To consciously evolve, we require clear vision of a compassionate future that draws out our enthusiastic participation in life..
To live more simply is to unburden our lives - to live more lightly, cleanly, aerodynamically. It is to establish a more direct, unpretentious and un….
An elegant simplicity is an understated, organic aesthetic that contrasts with the excess of consumerist lifestyles. Drawing from influences ranging ….
If the material consumption of a fraction of humanity is already harming the planet, is there an alternative path that enables all of humanity to liv….
It seems to me that inner growth is the whole moving force behind voluntary simplicity..
Compassion will no longer be seen as a spiritual luxury for a contemplative few; rather it will be viewed as a social necessity for the entire human ….
The character of a whole society is the cumulative result of the countless small actions, day in and day out, of millions of persons. Who we are as a….
Simplicity of living means meeting life face to face. It means confronting life clearly, without unnecessary distractions. It means being direct and ….
In a world where nearly one billion people live near the edge of physical survival the relevance of intentional simplicity by the more affluent peopl….
We live almost completely immersed in a socially constructed reality that so fully absorbs our energy and attention that virtually none remains to ex….
The essence of voluntary simplicity is living in a way what is outwardly simple and inwardly rich..
Living simply is not about living in poverty or self-inflicted deprivation. It's about living an examined life where one has determined what is truly….
Poverty is mean and degrading to the human spirit, whereas a life of conscious simplicity can have both a beauty and a functional integrity that elev….
Simplicity means taking charge of a life that is too busy, too stressed, and too fragmented. An uncluttered simplicity means cutting back on trivial ….
To live more voluntarily is to live more deliberately, intentionally and purposefully - in short, it is to live more consciously. We cannot be delibe….
Simplicity means to feel such a sense of kinship with others that we choose to live simply so that others may simply live..
I consciously started to live simply when I started to become conscious..
Simplicity means to choose ways of living that touch the Earth more lightly and that reduce our ecological footprint..
Simplicity of living, if deliberately chosen, implies a compassionate approach to life. It means that we are choosing to live our daily lives with so….
David Shi (historian of the simple life) describes the common denominator among the various approaches to simpler living as the understanding that th….