Duane Elgin Quotes - Page 2

• 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.

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  Inspiring, Moving, Simplicity

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• To me, voluntary simplicity means integration and awareness in my life.

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  Mean, Simple, Simplicity

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• 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.

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  Plato, Order, Everyday

  Duane Elgin (2010). “Voluntary Simplicity Second Revised Edition: Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich”, p.12, Harper Collins

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• I feel more voluntary about my pleasures and pains than the average American who has his needs dictated by Madison Avenue (my projections, of course). I feel sustained, excited, and constantly growing in my spiritual and intellectual pursuits.

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  Spiritual, Pain, Average

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• Voluntary simplicity has more to do with the state of mind than a person's physical surroundings and possessions.

  Duane Elgin

  Simple, Simplicity, Mind

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