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Less Is More: An Anthology of Ancient & Modern Voices Raised in Praise of Simplicity
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 179.9
EAN: 9780892815548
ISBN: 089281554X
Label: Inner Traditions
Manufacturer: Inner Traditions
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 334
Publication Date: September 01, 1996
Publisher: Inner Traditions
Release Date: September 01, 1996
Sales Rank: 262514
Studio: Inner Traditions

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This engaging anthology offers words of wisdom from the world's greatest thinkers on the virtues of simplicity. Included are writings from Ovid, Patanjali, St. Matthew, Milarepa, Rumi, Eckhart, Basho, Rousseau, Tagore, Suzuki, Illich, and many others.

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- Less might actually be less
The collection of different authors is spliced together like a newspaper collage from different countries. Difficult to follow and awkward to read.

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- A Gem
I bought my copy circa 1978 at age 35 and shared it with my wife. Even though we were already instinctively thinking along these lines this book impressed us greatly. It's title became something of a household quip and we found ourselves frequently dipping into it and finding something applicable to the rat race. It became so dog-eared that we had it custom bound as a family treasure. Its wisdom has seen us into a early, modest, and satisfactory retirement.

Lots of products claim that they will change your life. This one does...

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- Like no other simplicity book out there...
Having read many books of the simplicity genre you will find that this book is unique. It has challenged me to deeply reflect upon my life and how I can further shed unecessary burdens. Before reading this book I already lived simple. After reading this book it shined the light in areas I was still attached to. This book will have an impact on my life forever. It exposes the emptiness of a life based solely on money, career, possessions, and the daily grind. Awakening the dormant spiritual giant within us that longs for depth and meaning in a society gone mad with superficiality. "Less is More" can help guide one toward the path of freedom, beauty, simplicty and adventure.

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- Inspiring Words
'Less is More' is a collection of quotes and very short essays from a multitude of sources on the value of simplicity. Some of those quoted lived and wrote many centuries ago, while others are from the near present, and of course, there are many in between. Some of the more recognizable people quoted include Ghandi, Thomas Hobbes, Socrates, Thoreau, Shakespeare, St. Francis, Pascal, Adam Smith, Benjamin Franklin, John Kenneth Galbraith, Muhammad, Arthur Miller, and H.G. Wells. Some of the sources used are the Bible, the Bhagavad-Gita, the Dhammapada, and the Tao Te Ching.

The quotes are grouped according to the various facets of this subject, although some of them are more obviously related to living simply than others. Most of the quotes range from a few sentences to a paragraph or two. The excerpt from the first chapter is not representative of the overall book. I have owned an earlier edition of this ... Read More

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