The greatest wealth is to live content with little. – Plato

A rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least. - Interview with God

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. - Ecclesiastes 4:6

Possession is nine tenths of the psychosis. Unknown

It is desirable that a man be clad so simply that he can lay his hands on himself in the dark, and that he live in all respects so compactly and preparedly, that, if an enemy take the town, he can, like the old philosopher, walk out the gate empty-handed without anxiety. - Henry David Thoreau

Live simply that others may simply live. - Mohandas Gandhi

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the naked eye." - The Little Prince Antoine de Sainte Exupery

The problem with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. - Lily Tomlin

Time in the wild reminds me how much of what I ordinarily do is mere dithering, how much of what I own is mere encumbrance. The opposite of simplicity, as I understand it, is not complexity but clutter. - Scott Sander

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. - Guillaume Apollinaire

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen. - Wayne Dyer

When society changes
from its natural state of flux,
to that which seems like chaos,
the inner world of the superior man
remains uncluttered and at peace.
By remaining still, his self detatched,
he aids society in its return
to the way of nature and of peace.
The value of his insight may be clearly seen
when chaos ceases. - Tao-Te-Ching

You are probably already happy and just don't know it. - Unknown

If you can be content right now, then you'll always be content, because it's always right now. - Willie Nelson

The glass is neither half full nor half empty rather; it is twice as big as it needs to be. - Unknown

The hurrier I go, the behinder I get! - the White Rabbit

The difference between ordeal and adventure is.......attitude. - Latitude and Attitude magazine

There are only two things in life that I have to do; breathe and quit breathing, everything else is optional. - Unknown

I want to live simply, to work honestly, to love completely and to dare mightily, so that when I die, my children, and their children, will know that I died empty, and well satisfied. - Unknown

Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody is watching. - author unknown

There is only one success, to be able to spend your life in your own way. - Christopher Morely

Space is not something to be filled with beautiful things; space is beauty. - author unknown

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein

While we are postponing, life speeds by. - Seneca (3BC - 65 AD)

Courage is nothing more than taking one step more than you think you can. - Holly Lisle
Don't get really good at what you don't want to do. - Dr. Mark Albion

Remember that you were created human beings, not human doings. - Jan Ross

First I was dying to finish high school and start college.
And then I was dying to finish college and start working.
And then I was dying to marry and have children.
And then I was dying for my children to grow old enough for
school so i could return to work.
And then I was dying to retire.
And now, I am dying...and suddenly I realize I forgot to live. - Unknown

To be without desires, is to be content. If you do not wish to have something, you are content with what you have. And it always seems to me that, the more we don't desire something, the greater the chance of getting it, and all the more exciting. To be without desire, is to be simple. If life is simple, then life is not complicated!!! - from the wisdom of Lao Tzu

Many of us have not been informed of the simple fact that as we go deeper into the rat race we ultimately
become the things that are acquired, owned, and consumed.

Wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need. Let me be a good animal today. - Barbara Kingsolver

If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it. Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. - William Norris,1834-1896

Tis a joy to be simple, tis a joy to be free, tis a joy to come down where we ought to be... - excerpt from an old Shaker hymn titled "Simple Gifts"

I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. - Henry David Thoreau

The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry. - Rabbi Hillel

True possission is proved only by giving; all you are unable to give possesses you. - Andre Gide

I live one day at a time, one day at a time. Yesterday's gone and tomorrow is blind, so I live one day at a time. - Willie Nelson

The more things you own, the more they own you. - Pat Jim

If you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they're gone. - Willie Nelson

We are what we repeatedly do. - Aristotle

Don't be afraid to try something new. An amateur built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic. - unknown

Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like. - Will Rogers

You can't have everything. Where would you put it? - Steven Wright

And the money you make, and the money you spend,
And the money you horde to the bitter end
Will never pile high or amount so steep
As the friends you make and the friends you keep. - unknown

When you have no debt and don't have a lavish lifestyle, you don't always have to earn a paycheck. Most people take their job way too seriously. Life is short and nobody ever went to their deathbed wishing they had spent more time at the office. - Charlie Brown

There is nowhere to go. You are already there. - Krishnamurti

Follow your bliss. - Joseph Campbell

It's not hard to make a lot of money, if money is all you want. - Citizen Kane

Work to become, not to acquire. - on a church sign

All unhappiness is due to attachment. - unknown

If you truly want to understand something, try to change it. - Kurt Lewin

Simplify. . .once is enough.

Work like you don't need money, Love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no one's watching. - unknown

If you want to change some things in your life, you have to change some things in your life. This is because if you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten - unknown

Anywhere is walking distance if you have the time. - Steven Wright

The more content I am with myself, the fewer material things I need
My goal should not be to have something but to be something
The more secure you feel with yourself, the fewer faults you find in others
No question is ever stupid if you're the one asking it
A good way to save money is to be too busy to go shopping
Don't choose your career, let your career choose you - unknown

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round/I really love to watch them roll/No longer riding on the merry go round/I just had to let it go.- John Lennon

in dwelling, live close to the ground.
in thinking, keep to the simple.
in conflict, be fair and generous.
in governing, don¹t try to control.
in work, do what you enjoy.
in family life, be completely present.- Tao Te Ching

We fill the hands and nurseries of our children with all manner of dolls, drums and horses, withdrawing their eyes from the plain face and...Nature, the sun and moon, the animals, the water and stones which should be their toys. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly. . .This is my symphony. - William Ellery Channing

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. - Tao Te Ching

Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans. - John Lennon

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. – Jesus

I am more and more inclined to reduce my baggage, to lop off superfluities. I become more and more in love with simple things and simple folk- a small house, a hut in the woods, a tent on the shore. The show and splendor of great houses, elaborate furnishings, stately halls, oppress me; impose upon me. They fix the attention on false values, they set up a false standard of beauty; they stand between me and the real feeders of character and thought. - John Burroughs

If you ask a question, and stop long enough to listen, the universe will answer. - Jack Flanders

He who desires naught will always be free. - E. R. Lefebure

There are two ways to be rich--make more or need less. - Rimo’s Rule

Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can - No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man. - John Lennon

Until now, life, this simple thing, has not been properly seen. One did not know that it was so simple and clear, that one merely needed to organize it and free it from all excess. to work for life, not for palaces or temples, cemeteries or museums. - Aleksander Rodcenko

There’s no such thing as saving time, it’s all a matter of how you spend it. - Jeff Oliverson

I buy my freedom with my frugality - Vicki Robins

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts, of life are not only dispensable, but hindrances to the elevation of mankind. - Henry David Thoreau

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. - Einstein

Yesterday is gone....tomorrow isn't here yet. I have just one day - today...and I can choose how I shall be! And I choose to be happy!!! - Groucho Marx