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.

Matthew Goldman

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

Matthew Goldman

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

Felder Rushing

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

Masanobu Fukuoka

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I could smell an arrogance,
it was my cheap fragrance.

Toba Beta

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When we black people commit ourselves to living simply as a political action, as a way of breaking the stress caused by unrelenting hedonistic desire for material objects that are not needed for survival, or essential to well-being, we will not be talking about ebonics. We will be out in the streets demanding that the public schools have enough teachers so that all kids, cross color, can read and write in standard English and in Spanish too.

bell hooks

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...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.

Elaine St. James

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

Hal Leonard Corporation

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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.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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It is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and preparedly that if an enemy take the town... he can walk out the gate empty-handed and without anxiety.

Henry David Thoreau

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