Let your capital be simplicity and contentment. — Henry David Thoreau

Simplicity is the peak of civilization. — Henry David Thoreau

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail. — Henry David Thoreau

I am struck by the simplicity of light in the atmosphere in the autumn, as if the earth absorbed none, and out of this profusion of dazzling light came the autumnal tints. — Henry David Thoreau

Simplicity is the law of nature for men as well as for flowers. — Henry David Thoreau

As for the complex ways of living, I love them not, however much I practice them. In as many places as possible, I will get my feet down to the earth. — Henry David Thoreau

What we need to know in any case is very simple. — Henry David Thoreau

Nothing can rightly compel a simple and brave man to a vulgar sadness. — Henry David Thoreau

My themes will not be far–fetched. I will tell of homely every–day phenomena and adventures. — Henry David Thoreau

Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. — Henry David Thoreau

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness. — Henry David Thoreau

Most of the luxuries and many of the so–called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. — Henry David Thoreau

However mean your life is, meet it and live it. — Henry David Thoreau

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. — Henry David Thoreau

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler. — Henry David Thoreau

A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince. — Henry David Thoreau

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. — Henry David Thoreau

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. — Henry David Thoreau

We are happy in proportion to the things we can do without. — Henry David Thoreau

I love a life whose plot is simple. — Henry David Thoreau

Some simple dishes recommend themselves to our imaginations as well as palates. — Henry David Thoreau

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined… — Henry David Thoreau

He may travel who can subsist on the wild fruits and game of the most cultivated country. — Henry David Thoreau

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends… Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. — Henry David Thoreau

The savage lives simply through ignorance and idleness or laziness, but the philosopher lives simply through wisdom. — Henry David Thoreau

Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself. — Henry David Thoreau