"In a world where nearly one billion people live near the edge of physical survival the relevance of intentional simplicity by the more affluent people of the world cannot be over estimated."

-- Duane Elgin

#Simple Quotes #People Quotes #Simplicity Quotes

“To defy the laws of tradition is a crusade only of the brave.”
“Why is it that water, so monotonous in its characteristics, should nevertheless possess a charm for every mind? I believe it is chiefly because it bears the impress of the Creator, which we feel neither the power of time or of man can efface or alter.”
“Of course I'd sometimes have characters from downstate living upstate, but it took a while for me to start writing about where I grew up.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“We grew up as poor people but we never knew poverty. I still love and miss the Somalia I grew up in. Things changed, when my father became a diplomat later on.”
“Pity only on fresh objects stays, but with the tedious sight of woes decays.”
“The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments, because there is nothing so dangerous as to suffer power to be vested for a long time in one citizen. The people become accustomed to obeying him, and he becomes accustomed to commanding, hence the origin of usurpation and tyranny.”

Source : "The World's Great Speeches". Book edited by Lewis Copeland and Lawrence Lamm, 1958.
“The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.”
“I'm ambidextrous, I slap ***** with both hands.”

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