"The intention of this way of life [voluntary simplicity] is not to dogmatically live with less. It's a more demanding intention of living with balance. This is a middle way that moves between the extremes of poverty and indulgence."

-- Duane Elgin

#Inspiring Quotes #Moving Quotes #Simplicity Quotes

“In the Horn of Africa now, there are tens of thousands dying from the extreme vulnerability they are living in.”
“For conservation to succeed, we must embrace conservation models where people use their natural resources to create jobs, to grow economies, and to feed their people while protecting wildlife and Africa's iconic species.”
“I started my career without fans.”
“Describing yourself by your earthly nativity is carnality. Being born again, your nativity is of divinity.”
“His native home deep imag'd in his soul.”
“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed.”
“If it were not for respect for human opinions, I would not open my window to see the Bay of Naples for the first time, whilst I would go five hundred leagues to talk with a man of genius whom I had not seen.”
“The rule for effective governance is simple. It is one Ronald Reagan knew by heart. And one that he successfully employed with Social Security and the Cold War. When there is a problem, you fix it. That is the job you have been sent to do and you cannot wait for someone else to do it for you.”

Source : Speech at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, www.weeklystandard.com. September 27, 2011.

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