We are the leaders that we have been waiting for. We are the social innovators and entrepreneurs that we have been seeking.

Simplicity means taking charge of a life that is too busy, too stressed, and too fragmented. An uncluttered simplicity means cutting back on trivial distractions, both material and non-material, and focusing on the essentials - whatever those may be for each of our unique lives.

I feel more voluntary about my pleasures and pains than the average American who has his needs dictated by Madison Avenue (my projections, of course). I feel sustained, excited, and constantly growing in my spiritual and intellectual pursuits.

I consciously started to live simply when I started to become conscious.

Simplicity means to choose ways of living that touch the Earth more lightly and that reduce our ecological footprint.

We are the leaders that we have been waiting for. We are the social innovators and entrepreneurs that we have been seeking.

As my spiritual growth expanded and developed, voluntary simplicity was a natural outgrowth. I came to realize the cost of material accumulation was too high and offered fewer and fewer real rewards, psychological and spiritual.