Living with Less by Leo Babauta

Selected passages from "Living with Less" by Leo Babauta.

• "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity" -  

Albert Einstein.

• The problems of our economy stem from unchecked consumerism - people buying houses too expensive for their incomes, getting into too much debt by spending too much, living a lifestyle of more and more with the idea that things will only continue to get better.

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• There is no crime greater than having too many desires;
  There is no disaster greater than not being content;
  There is no misfortune greater than being covetous.
  Hence in being content, one will always have enough.
  

Lao Zi. Chinese philosopher

• "Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed."

Mahatma Gandhi

• Its consumerism, and it's the official religion of the industrialized world.

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• "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit."

Aristotle