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“Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.”

Left Mankind Inspirational Life Taste Simplicity Minimalism Simplifying Life Acquired Taste Simplifying Your Life

Book:Modes and Morals

Source: Modes and Morals

“The manly pride of the Romans, content with substantial power, had left to the vanity of the East the forms and ceremonies of ostentatious greatness. But when they lost even the semblance of those virtues which were derived from their ancient freedom, the simplicity of Roman manners was insensibly corrupted by the stately affectation of the courts of Asia.”

Form Lost Left History Virtue Greatness Pride Court Simplicity Ancient East Vanity Manners Asia Ceremony Manly Roman Empire Semblance Ostentatious

Book:History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“Soon there will be nothing truly profound that is not achieved by everyone, and of the difficult things in this world only one will be left: simplicity.”

World Left Difficult This World Achievement Profound Simplicity Difficult Things

Author:Franz Grillparzer

“When we let go of yearning for the future, preoccupation with the past, and strategies to protect the present, there is nowhere left to go but where we are. To connect with the present moment is to begin to appreciate the beauty of true simplicity.”

Moments Past Left Protect Letting Go Appreciate Strategy Simplicity Present Moment Yearning Preoccupation

Author:Jack Kornfield