"Nothing is so simple as greatness."
--Emerson
- Simplicity will solve problems not create them.
- Simplicity is apparent in its eloquence: Think of The Lord's Prayer and the Bill of Rights.
- Simplicity is the shortest distance between point A and point B (literally and figuratively)
- Simplicity has the capability not only to avoid the false but expose it.
- Simplicity inspires greatness. Emerson understood this when he wrote "To be simple is to be great." Remember, the simple act of watching a tea kettle steam up inspired the steam engine. Birds in flight inspired man to build airplanes. A falling apple inspired Newton to uncover the law of gravity.
- Simplicity enhances lives. It allows you to appreciate simple pleasures such as nature, family, friends, sustenance, shelter, contentment, education, courage, beauty and thrift.
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Excerpt from FRUGAL LUXURIES, Bantam Books, NY, 1997.
