George Monbiot Quotes

I like simplicity almost to the point of being monastic.

A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long.

I'm not an ascetic.

Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.

For it is better to suffer a little want than to have too much.

I try to be very modest with what I do. I'm not a frivolous spender.

The Quaker upbringing was not strict, but it was frugal. Extremely frugal. One was always encouraged to give away one's worldly goods.

Less is a bore.

It is more rewarding to be complicit with scarcity than excess.

One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity.

First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety.

I've always thought that less was a lot more.

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

I like simplicity; I don't need luxury.

Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.

You can only realize change if you live simply. Once people want enormous excess, you can hardly do social change.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.

I don't feel comfortable with luxury, and I try to stay fairly normal.

I have always believed in 'less is more' in everything I do, from work to my personal life.

I am a woman of simple tastes.

When you're young, the temptation is maybe to think, 'More is more.' But a lot of the time less is more.

We shall have to practise to lead our life on the basis of our needs, not under the influence of our greed.

I'm not a 'more is better' guy.

Let us learn to live coarsely, dress plainly, and lie hard. The least habit of dominion over the palate has certain good effects not easily estimated.