Live Simply famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

To live simply to die is by no means amusing, but to live with the knowledge that you will die before your time, that's really is idiotic
-- Anton Chekhov

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What steps can I take to reduce the clutter so that I may live simply and joyously?
-- Douglas Bloch

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I consciously started to live simply when I started to become conscious.
-- Duane Elgin

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Live simply, so that all may simply live.
-- Elizabeth Ann Seton

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People this stupid shouldn't be allowed to live.
-- Jason Alexander

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Live simply. Give more. Expect less.
-- Rita Zahara

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You must have some money if you are going to live simply. It need not be much, but you must have some.
-- Stevie Smith

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If you want to be free, learn to live simply.
-- John Heider

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Those who live simply are often pure, while those who live luxuriously may be slavish and servile. It seems that the will is clarified by plainness, while conduct is ruined by indulgence.
-- Zicheng Hong

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I was born a long way from where I belong and I am on my way home.
The mere passage of time makes us all exiles.
Do you lend books and DVDs to people? If so, don't you always regret it? All my life I have forced books on to people who have subsequently forgotten all about it. Meanwhile, on my shelves sit many orphaned books loaned to me over the years by trusting, innocent souls - some as long ago as the Seventies.
Capitalism and the market are presented as synonymous, but they are not. Capitalism is both the enemy of the market and democracy.
I didn't start grieving for my mother properly until I was maybe 16.
Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution.
I will be glad to discuss this proposition with my attorney, and that after I talk with one, we could either discuss it with him or discuss it with my attorney, if the attorney thinks it is a wise thing to do, but at the present time I have nothing more to say to you.
I start with a beat sheet, which is more of an abbreviated outline. It hits all the major plot points. From there, I move to note cards. But the most important part of my process is my inspiration board.
[My father] advised me to sit every few months in my reading chair for an entire evening, close my eyes and try to think of new problems to solve. I took his advice very seriously and have been glad ever since that he did.
You have to be objective about money to use it fairly. It doesn't make you any better or any more useful than any other person. Even if you use your money to help people...that doesn't make you better than somebody who has no money but is sympathetic and genuinely loving to fellow human beings.