I crave simplicity

We don't need to increase our goods nearly as much as we need to scale down our wants. Not wanting something is as good as possessing it.

-- Donald Horban

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.

-- E.F. Schumacher

Each day, awakening, are we asked to paint the sky blue? Need we coax the sun to rise or the flowers to bloom? Need we teach birds to sing, or children to laugh, or lovers to kiss? No, though we think the world imperfect, it surrounds us each day with its perfections. We are asked only to appreciate them, and to show appreciation by living in peaceful harmony amidst them. The Creator does not ask that we create a perfect world; He asks that we celebrate it.

-- Robert Brault