Monday, January 28, 2013

#892 The final achievement

We go on multiplying our conveniences only to multiply our cares. We increase our possessions only to the enlargement of our anxieties.  ~ Anna C. Brackett

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.  ~ Hans Hofman

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.  ~ Frederic Chopin

Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.  ~ William Morris

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.  ~ Socrates

Tags: quotes about simplicity, life

- In what sense has your lifestyle contributed to greater anxiety?
- In what areas could you simplify your life?
- How could you enjoy life more with less?