Simplicity

Simplicity means centering in on that which is important and letting go of the rest. It can mean living with few possessions and entanglements, but more broadly it is an attitude, an approach to life. Simplicity allows us to consume less. It differentiates needs from wants and places a priority on the needs of others over our own wants. It also allows us to accomplish more of what really matters. When we approach a task or conversation with an attitude of simplicity we strive to stay focused on the essence of what we are seeking to accomplish. We listen for the same in the words of other people.Simplicity helps us to maintain clarity of mind and purpose.
Much property is a trap for the stupid.

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The Little Book of Chinese Proverbs
by Jonathan Clements
Page 190
Published by Barnes & Noble Books
Published in New York
Published in 2003
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Contribution #1610
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

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The Little Book of Chinese Proverbs
by Jonathan Clements
Page 159
Published by Barnes & Noble Books
Published in New York
Published in 2003
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Contribution #1601
The firm, the enduring, the simple and the modest are near to virtue.

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A bird may rest on a branch in the forest.  A thirsty rat may sip from a stream.  I have no more need than these insignificant creatures. 

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c2300 BCE, declining an offer from the Emperor.
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Contribution #1569
Our life is frittered away by detail.  Simplify, simplify, simplify! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumbnail.

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The Sun
Page 48
Sunbeams
Volume: 391
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Contribution #1562
Love people.  Use things.  Not vice-versa.

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The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

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The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.

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Prayer is not asking.  It is a longing of the soul... It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. 

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Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.

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Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.

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