The beauty of the soul is wrapped in modest fashion.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaYou do not need many possessions to have a happy life.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaI have spent many an hour, when I was younger, floating over its surface as the zephyr willed, having paddled my boat to the middle, and lying on my back across the seats, in a summer forenoon, dreaming awake, until I was aroused by the boat touching the sand, and I arose to see what shore my fates had impelled me to; days when idleness was the most attractive and productive industry. Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly; nor do I regret that I did not waste more of them in the workshop or the teacher's desk.
— Henry David ThoreauThe change from self-centeredness to human-centeredness is the key to peaceful existence.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaLive simply, share your wealth with others.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaSimplicity is complex. It's never simple to keep things simple. Simple solutions require the most advanced thinking.
— Richie NortonIt is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and preparedly that if an enemy take the town... He can walk out the gate empty-handed and without anxiety.
— Henry David ThoreauThe greatest life is joy of contentment.
— Lailah Gifty AkitaEndeavor to live a simple life, but filled with complex love.
— Auliq-IceBefore researchers become researchers they should become philosophers. They should consider what the human goal is, what it is that humanity should create.Doctors should first determine at the fundamental level what it is that human beings depend on for life...Modern scientific agriculture, on the other hand, has no such vision. Research wanders about aimlessly, each researcher seeing just one part of the infinite array of natural factors which affect harvest yields.Even though it is the same quarter acre, the farmer must grow his crops differently each year in accordance with variations in weather, insect populations, the condition of the soil, and many other natural factors. Nature is everywhere in perpetual motion; conditions are never exactly the same in any two years.Modern research divides nature into tiny pieces and conducts tests that conform neither with natural law nor with practical experiences. The results are arranged for the convenience of research, not according to the needs of the farmer.
— Masanobu Fukuoka