Living Simply Quotes

But if a stranger in the train asks me my occupation, I never answer "writer" for fear that he may go on to ask me what I write, and to answer "poetry" would embarrass us both, for we both know that nobody can earn a living simply by writing poetry.
- W H Auden

Is life worth living simply because you live, or is it worth more if you make life happen?
- Jaycee Dugard

I feel that my environment reflects my belief in the grace and art and elegance of living simply.
- Bell Hooks

When we black people commit ourselves to living simply as a political action, as a way of breaking the stress caused by unrelenting hedonistic desire for material objects that are not needed for survival, or essential to well-being, we will not be talking about ebonics. We will be out in the streets demanding that the public schools have enough teachers so that all kids, cross color, can read and write in standard English and in Spanish too.
- Bell Hooks