“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand
like a rock.”
Thomas Jefferson
“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn.”
Gore Vidal
“To ‘give style’ to one's character -- a great and rare art!”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most
personal themes -- the values, ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones
of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.”
Gloria Vanderbilt
“Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.”
Plato
“Fashions fade, style is eternal.”
Yves Saint Laurent
“In the final analysis, ‘style’ is art.”
Susan Sontag, U.S. author, critic
The Wisdom of Living a Simple Life - “The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.”
Confucius
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've
imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Simplicity is the peak of civilization.”
Jessie Sampter
“To simplify complications is the first essential of success.”
George Earle Buckle
“When the solution is simple, God is answering.”
Albert Einstein
“We underestimate the power of simplicity. We have a tendency it seems
to over complicate our lives and forget what’s important and what’s
not. We tend to mistake movement for achievement. We tend to focus on activities
instead of results. And as the pace of life continues to race along in the outside
world, we forget that we have the power to control our lives regardless of what’s
going on outside.”
Robert Stuberg
“Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.";
Confucius
“The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple
behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.”
Warren Buffett
The idea of living a simpler life is not new. Many of history’s most
respected thinkers have written and spoken about the benefits of the practice!
“Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify, simplify!”
Henry David Thoreau, writer, philosopher
“A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living.”
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
“Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life,
and the labors of life reduce themselves.”
Edwin Way Teale, writer, photographer
“Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be
great.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, author, poet, philosopher
“When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that
it should be rejected.”
Luc de Clapiers, French moralist, essayist
“Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give
our lives power and vividness and joy.”
Richard Halloway, Anglican priest
“Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.”
Anonymous
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