You have succeeded in life whe...

You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

~Vernon Howard~

You don't hurt 'em if you don'...

You don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em.

~General Lewis~

You decide what it is you want...

You decide what it is you want to accomplish and then you lay out your plans to get there, and then you just do it. It's pretty straightforward.

~Nancy Ditz~

Who is rich? He who rejo...

Who is rich?  He who rejoices in his portion.

~The Talmud~

When thought is too weak to be...

When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected.

~Luc de Clapiers~

When ideas come, I write them;...

When ideas come, I write them; when they don't come, I don't.

~William Faulkner~

When an idea is too weak to su...

When an idea is too weak to support a simple statement, it is a sign that it should be rejected.

~Vauvenargues~

What you do not want done to y...

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

~Confucius~

What I do, I do very well, and...

What I do, I do very well, and what I don't do well, I don't do at all.

~Anonymous~

Wealth consists not in having ...

Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants.

~Esther de Waal~

We don't need to increase our ...

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~

We cannot solve life's problem...

We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.

~M. Scott Peck~

True eloquence consists of say...

True eloquence consists of saying all that should be said, and that only.

~Francois de La Rochefoucauld~

To poke a wood fire is more so...

To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world.

~Charles Dudley Warner~

To me, the extraordinary aspec...

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.

~Bruce Lee~

To keep a lamp burning, we hav...

To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

~Mother Teresa~

To find the universal elements...

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.

~John Burroughs~

To be simple is the best thing...

To be simple is the best thing in the world.

~G. K. Chesterton~

There is only one meaning of l...

There is only one meaning of life, the act of living itself.

~Erich Fromm~

There is nothing certain about...

There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win.

~Sir Ian Hamilton~