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"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."
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"Be simple to fill life with abundance."
"A cup of tea is all I need to keep working."
"Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment."
"Let it be simple, let it be with love."
"If you want to go to moksha (attain ultimate liberation), you will have to become simple and straightforward. Being obstinate won't work there. You will have to remove all the tubers; become totally free from intellect (abudh)."
"Frog in the mud is happier than the man, because it has no ambition to reach the stars!"
"Adorn yourself with modest dressing."
"In a day a man needs only his daily bread."
"The common theme of common sense is that it's commonly rejected as uncommonly demanding."
"To be simple, be kind. To be free, be non-judgmental. To be happy, be kind and loving."
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"If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."
"What is most of our boasted so-called knowledge but a conceit that we know something, which robs us of the advantage of our actual ignorance?"
"Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, or is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent."
"Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience, then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right."
"I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while."
"As for Doing-good...I have tried it fairly, and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution."
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