#implicit

None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#life

In normal life, "simplicity" is synonymous with "easy to do," but when a chef uses the word, it means "takes a lifetime to learn. ↗

— Bill Buford

#easy #learning #lifetime #simplicity #life

Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#nature #simplicity #equality

While the impostor draws his identity from past achievements and the adulation of others, the true self claims identity in its belovedness. We encounter God in the ordinariness of life: not in the search for spiritual highs and extraordinary, mystical experiences but in our simple presence in life. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#christianity #god #identity #impostor #simplicity

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

#simple #simple-life #simple-living #simplicity #life

You can have a less chaotic, simpler life working with what you already have and transforming it into what you really need. ↗

— Sandy Kreps

#life

In order to pick something up, you've got to put something down. ↗

— Todd Stocker

#let-go #letting-go #motivation #simplicity #surrender

Tightwaddery without creativity is deprivation. When there is a lack of resourcefulness, inventiveness, and innovation, thrift means doing without. When creativity combines with thrift you may be doing it without money, but you are not doing without. ↗

— Amy Dacyczyn

#voluntary-simplicity #money

The relationship between ethics and thrift can be summed up in one sentence. It is wrong to save money at the expense of others. Period. ↗

— Amy Dacyczyn

#voluntary-simplicity #money

Everything in excess Is opposed by nature. ↗

— Hippocrates

#nature #simplicity #nature