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Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward.


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The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life; it’s so easy to make it complex.

The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life; it’s so easy to make it complex.



How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top



Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.

Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.



The whole purpose of an adventure is to gain some spiritual or emotional insight. When you compromise the process, you compromise the gain.

The whole purpose of an adventure is to gain some spiritual or emotional insight. When you compromise the process, you compromise the gain.



It's not an adventure until something goes wrong.

It's not an adventure until something goes wrong.



You ask me about the past, you ask me about the future, the only way to be happy is to be living right now.

You ask me about the past, you ask me about the future, the only way to be happy is to be living right now.



To do good, you actually have to do something.

To do good, you actually have to do something.



If you want to understand the entrepreneur, study the juvenile delinquent. The delinquent is saying with his actions, ‘This sucks, I’m going to do my own thing.’

If you want to understand the entrepreneur, study the juvenile delinquent. The delinquent is saying with his actions, ‘This sucks, I’m going to do my own thing.’



We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature.

We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature.



Mastery... is to work toward simplicity; replace complex technology with knowledge, hard work, and skill.

Mastery... is to work toward simplicity; replace complex technology with knowledge, hard work, and skill.





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Some mistakes... Just have greater consequences than others. But you don't have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.

Some mistakes... Just have greater consequences than others. But you don't have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.



All travelling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity.

All travelling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity.



If you have to forecast, forecast often.

If you have to forecast, forecast often.



Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.

Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.



The meat and poultry industries are outstanding industries, and it's going to be a very natural fit for me.

The meat and poultry industries are outstanding industries, and it's going to be a very natural fit for me.



When everyone else says you can't, determination says,'YES YOU CAN.'

When everyone else says you can't, determination says,'YES YOU CAN.'



I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I would read all their books.

I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I would read all their books.



But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.

But now, I am also learning this: we can be mended. We mend each other.



The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.




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