1. Transcendentalism By: JJ

2. “The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

4. “On tops of mountains, as everywhere to hopeful souls, it is always morning.” - Henry David Thoreau

5. “When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

6. “I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.” - Oscar Wilde

7. “True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.” - Henry David Thoreau

8. “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” - Henry David Thoreau

9. “The aspects of things that are most important to us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein

10. “A taste for simplicity cannot last for long.” -Eugene Delacroix

11. “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.” - Charles Mingus

12. “Most people seek after what they do not possess and are thus enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.” - Anwar El-Sadat

13. “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” - Hans Hofmann

14. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

15. “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

16. “It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.” - Henry David Thoreau

17. “Who is rich? He who rejoices in his portion.” - The Talmud

18. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.” - Mahatma Gandhi

19. “That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.” -Henry David Thoreau

20. “Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.” - Mark Twain

21. “Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.” - Doug Horton

22. “An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.” - Pliny the Younger

23. “The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.” - Charlie Chaplin

24. “Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.” - Albert Einstein

25. “Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.” - Richard Halloway

26. “The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.” - Jesus Christ

27. “Let us treasure up in our soul some of those things which are permanent..., not of those which will forsake us and be destroyed, and which only tickle our senses for a little while.” --Gregory of Nazianzus

28. “The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.” - Thomas Merton

29. “Thousands upon thousands are yearly brought into a state of real poverty by their great anxiety not to be thought of as poor.” - Robert Mallett

30. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” - Jim Elliot

31. “The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world.” - B.C. Forbes

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