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> My riches consist, not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.

> - Joeseph Brotherton

> The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

> - Plato

> Perfection is achieved not when there is any more to add but when there is nothing left to take away.

> - Antoine de Saint-exupéry

> Strive for simplicity in all things.

> - Unknown

> Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.

> - Edwin Way Teale

> Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

> - Leonardo da Vinci

> There are two ways to be rich: One is by acquiring much, and the other is by desiring little.

> - Jackie French Koller

> It is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and prepared that if an enemy take the town... he can walk out the gate empty-handed and without anxiety.

> - Henry David Thoreau

> A fool is known by his speech, a wise man by silence.

> - Pythagoras

> People who do not understand your silence will never understand your words.

> - Unknown

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

> - Socrates

> If you never heal from what hurt you, you'll bleed on people who never cut you.

> - Rich Wilkerson

> If you don't separate yourself from your distractions, your distractions will separate you from you goals and the life you want.

> - Unknown

> If you're worried about a situation, write down everything your worried about, then cross out everything you can't control and deal with the things you can.

> - Name Unavailable

> Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.

> - Roy T. Bennett

> Only speak when your words are better than your silence.

> - Arabic Proverb

> Attachment leads to jealousy the shadow of greed that is. Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.

> - Yoda

> Some hustle to be seen, I grind to disappear.

> - Unknown

> My father always told me never trust anyone whose tv is bigger than their bookshelf.

> - Emilia Clarke

> Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.

> - Sun Tzu - The art of war

> Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

> - Friedrich Nietzsche

> Most people don't really want the truth, they just want a constant reassurance that what they believe is the truth.

> Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living. Talking is often a torment for me, and I need many days of silence to recover from the futility of words.

> - Carl Jung

> Governments don't want an intelligent population because people who can think critically can't be ruled. They want a public just smart enough to pay taxes and dumb enough to keep voting.

> No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them.

> - Peanuts Comic-strip

> Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

> - Aldous Huxley

> People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.

> - Aldous Huxley

> Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

> - Albert Einstein