Simplicity is complex. It's never simple to keep things simple. Simple solutions require the most advanced thinking.

It 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.

Well, all I need is the air I breathe and a place to rest my head.

By simplifying our lives, we rediscover our child-like stalk of innocents that reconnects us with the central resin of our innate humanity that knows truth and goodness. To see the world through a lens of youthful rapture is to see life for what it can be and to see for ourselves what we wish to become. In this beam of newly discovered ecstasy for life, we realize the splendor of love, life, and the unbounded beauty of the natural world.

Potatoes have much more staying power than caviar.

Real luxury is not working like a maniac to take an expensive vacation--it is living a life you enjoy every day.