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| The Simple Life |
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| All the loveliest things there be Come simply, or so it seems to me. -- Edna St. Vincent Millay ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Here the people seem to possess the secret of tranquility and to live lives of more than surface contentment. -- Louise Dickinson Rich |
| My crown is called content; a crown that seldom kings enjoy. -- William Shakespeare ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. -- George Sand |
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| A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can do without. -- Henry David Thoreau ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The simplest things are often the truest....your obligation in life is to be true to yourself; from that, all else will flow. -- Richard Bach ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The little things are infinitely the most important. -- Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Middlebury, Vermont |
| Cumberland County, Tennessee |
| St. Helena Parish, Louisiana |
| Exterior and interior of church, Livingston Parish, Louisiana |
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| Simonton, Texas |
| Faith is stronger than fear and fear is the killer of beginnings. -- Anne H. Aldrich ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ There is no greatness where simplicity, goodness and truth are absent. -- Leo Tolstoy |
| Wetherfeld, Connecticut |
| Goodness is the only investment which never fails. -- Unknown ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ True happiness comes from a sense of peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, love and compassion. -- Dalai Lama ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Our lives are frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify, simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau |
| Gainesboro, Tennessee |
| New Orleans, Louisiana |
| ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ All we see of people at any moment is a snapshot of their lives, in richness or poverty, in joy or despair; snapshots don't show the million events that led to that moment. -- Richard Bach ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ There can be too much happiness or too much sadness. What I'm after is contentment. -- Ray Charles |
| Seneca County, New York |
| Simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think. -- Eleanor Roosevelt ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world. -- Oscar Wilde ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good. -- Beatrix Potter |
| Fayette County, Kentucky |
| Amite, Louisiana |
| Simplicity of living gives you sensitivity of character. -- Jason Lee |
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| ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The richest man, whatever his lot, Is he who's content with what he has got. -- Dutch Proverb |
| Spring Glen, New York |
| All the great things are simple and many can be expressed in a single word: justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. -- Winston Churchill |
| Sullivan County, Tennessee |
| Antelope County, Nebraska |
| LINKS: Seven Secrets to a Great Life WebMD: Simplify your Life How to Simplify your Life Project Simplify Daily Celebrations Inspiration: Music Library Inspiration: Stories The photos on this page came from Flickr, with the exception of the photo of Union Church. |
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| Union Church, Jefferson County, Mississippi |
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| Merrimack County, New Hampshire |