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“A complex society is not necessarily more advanced than a simple one; it has just adapted to conditions in a more complicated way.”

Way Simple Society Conditions Complexes Complicated Adapted

Book:Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State

Source: Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State

“It is not at all simple to understand the simple.”

Book:The Passionate State of Mind

Source: The Passionate State of Mind

“Wherever we find orderly, stable systems in Nature, we find that they are hierarchically structured, for the simple reason that without such structuring of complex systems into sub-assemblies, there could be no order and stability- except the order of a dead universe filled with a uniformly distributed gas.”

Reason Order Universe Simple Society Filled Complexes Gas Stability Stable Assembly Orderly Complex Systems

Author:Arthur Koestler

“Even the simple act that we call "going to visit a person of our acquaintance" is in part an intellectual act. We fill the physical appearance of the person we see with all the notions we have about him, and in the totality of our impressions about him, these notions play the most important role.”

Persons Important Play Simple Roles Society Intellectual Notion Appearance Impression Acquaintance Totality Physical Appearance

Author:Marcel Proust

“We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.”

“The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.”

“In a society where all are related, simple decisions require the approval of nearly everyone in that society. It is society as a whole, not merely a part of it, that must survive. This is the indigenous understanding. It is the understanding in a global sense. We are all indigenous people on this planet, and we have to reorganize to get along.”

People Whole Understanding Simple Decision Society Planets Related Approval Indigenous Indigenous People

Author:Rebecca Adamson

“Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.”

Giving Mean Persons Purpose Community Simple Virtue Society Amount Tasks Relation Right Thing Virtuous Right Time Doing The Right Thing Right Person Donors

Author:Aristotle

“Because all the societies, all the nations, all the cultures, have taken it for granted that the individuals exist for them, not vice-versa. To me, just the opposite is the case: the society exists for the individual, the culture exists for the individual, the nation exists for the individual. Everything can be sacrificed, but the individual cannot be sacrificed for anything. Individuality is the very flowering of existence - nothing is higher than it. But no culture, no society, no civilization is ready to accept a simple truth.”

Culture Individual Nations Simple Existence Accepting Cases Taken Society Ready Higher Civilization Opposites Individuality Vices Granted Vice Versa Flowering Simple Truths

Author:Rajneesh

“For so many years I tried to make sense of society's world. When my attempt fell apart, I just tried to make cents from the business world. Now, all I want is to enjoy the scents of the natural world.”

World Enjoy Nature Natural Simple Money Beauty Society Simple Life Sense

Book:Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light

Source: Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light

“It is a shame that most people jump to simple condemnation before considering working towards salvation.”

People Simple Society Shame Salvation Condemnation

Author:Isabella Poretsis

“Certainly we can say that the pace of modern life, increased and supported by our technology in general and our personal electronics in particular, has resulted in a short attention span and an addiction to the influx of information. A mind so conditioned has little opportunity to think critically, and even less chance to experience life deeply by being in the present moment. A complex life with complicated activities, relationships and commitments implies a reflexive busy-ness that supplants true thinking and feeling with knee-jerk reactions. It is a life high in stress and light on substance, at least in the spiritually meaningful dimensions of being.”