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Do not be jealous of others' good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself.

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Simplicity of living, if deliberately chosen, implies a compassionate approach to life. It means that we are choosing to live our daily lives with some degree of conscious appreciation of the condition of the rest of the world.

Appreciation, Live, Lives, Mean, Simplicity
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David Shi (historian of the simple life) describes the common denominator among the various approaches to simpler living as the understanding that the making of money and the accumulation of things should not smother the purity of the soul, the life of the mind, the cohesion of the family, or the good of the society.

Common, Shi, Simple, Soul, Understanding

Our life is frittered away by detail Simplify, simplify. ” Or, as Plato wrote, “In order to seek one’s own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.

Away, Everyday, Ones, Order, Plato, Simplify

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.

Inspiring, Live, Moving, Poverty, Simplicity

It seems to me that inner growth is the whole moving force behind voluntary simplicity.

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An elegant simplicity is an understated, organic aesthetic that contrasts with the excess of consumerist lifestyles. Drawing from influences ranging from Zen to the Quakers, it celebrates natural materials and clean, functional expressions, such as are found in many of the hand-made arts and crafts from this community.

Art, Drawing, Elegant, Expression, Simplicity, Zen
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