87 Quotes About Simple-living

Don't just declutter, de-own.

Simple minded people find simple solutions to their problems

...there are often many things we feel we should do that, in fact, we don't really have to do. Getting to the point where we can tell the difference is a major milestone in the simplification process.

Well, all I need is the air I breathe and a place to rest my head.

People no longer live by sun and moon, by wind and stars, but by some slyly contrived conventions known as clocks and calendars.

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning sun can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.

I wonder how it is that people's philosophies have come to spin faster than the changing seasons.

Life already has so many boundaries and pressures - why add more in the garden?

Living aboard one's sailboat and having neither house nor vehicle nor job, and needing none, would be hubris—the most arrogant presumption—and therefore suitable punishable by the gods. One would be drowned by Poseidon early on and die extremely happy.