Eknath Easwaran Quotes

How much of our lives could we buy back if we cherished our lives instead of our trinkets?

My customer isn't wrapped up in labels and money.

During the 80s and 90s, we all became consumed with ourselves. In the 21st century, we've come back to simpler times. People are struggling economically and this has forced them to scale back the material aspects of their lives and realise the beauty of finding the simple joy in being with the people we love.

I'm not materialistic. I love clothes and all that stuff, but I don't need it to live.

There's no great desire to own lots of stuff - and I don't. You can only live in one house and drive one car.

Live uncluttered lives so you could have time for what is most important.

The time will come when mankind will begin to get away from the consciousness of needing so many material things. More security and peace will be found in the simple life.

Yeah, I guess I'm economical. Not because I try, but because I'm really not that interested in shoes.

The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.

The modern girl is less concerned with everything being a brand name.

I am totally unattached to material items.

I often think about, 'How do we return to a simpler way of living? Is there some way that we can start to think of each other as human beings again, instead of worshiping money, instead of worshiping electronics, instead of worshiping getting ahead just for me?'

The American dream is a crock. Stop wanting everything. Everyone should wear jeans and have three T-shirts, eat rice and beans.

We have allowed ourselves to be defined by our consumption instead of by our ability to move beyond it.

My soul desires a pre-industrial world, and since I can't have that, I don't really care for anything material.

A lot of people agree that tidying is connected to how we live, and even though, outside of Japan, houses might be bigger, people have more things than they need.

Material things aren't important to me.

The older I get, the less I need. I wear the same jean shorts for the whole week. I'm not running to the store to get the latest bag.

I don't have to be making a lot of money or living in a fancy house.

Everyone has complicated lives, but the more you can simplify it and make it work for you, the better it is going to be.

Material things are delightful, but they're not important.

After I had money, I realized about all that all the things I thought I wanted that I don't need a lot of stuff. If there's anything I get excited by, it's a nice car.

I think overdesigning comes from a lack of editing. The strongest, most compelling, and most useful things in life are irreducible - love, truth, faith, honor.

We don't need an abundance of things.

Sometimes I think albums are so ambitious, they don't stand as bodies of work because you try to achieve so much, and sometimes we need to do less. Say less.