This document contains a collection of quotes related to living simply and avoiding being controlled by materialism and luxury. Some of the key quotes discuss how luxury and comforts are hindrances to bettering humanity, and encourage simplicity, wanting little, and living freely. The quotes advocate an appreciation for nature, books, and independent thought.

1. Fighting Affluenza in
America
Mohamed Ahmidouch
AP English Language & Composition
4th Block A-Day

2. “Our life is frittered away by detail”

3. “Our life is frittered away by detail”

4. “We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon
us”

5. “We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon
us”

6. Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called
comforts of life, are not only not indispensable,
but positive hinderances to the elevation of
mankind

7. “Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-
called comforts of life, are not only not
indispensable, but positive hinderances to the
elevation of mankind”

8. “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”

9. “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”

10. “My greatest skill in life has been to want but
little”

11. “My greatest skill in life has been to want but
little”

12. “The mass of men lead lives of quiet
desperation”

13. “The mass of men lead lives of quiet
desperation”

14. “An early morning walk is a blessing for a
whole day”

15. “An early morning walk is a blessing for a
whole day”

16. “I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and
stars, and a little world all to myself”

17. “I have, as it were, my own sun and moon and
stars, and a little world all to myself”

18. “As long as possible live free and
uncommitted”

19. “As long as possible live free and
uncommitted”

20. “Books are the treasured wealth of the world
and the fit inheritance of generations and
nations”

21. “Books are the treasured wealth of the world
and the fit inheritance of generations and
nations”

22. “Say what you have to say, not what you ought.
Any truth is better than make-believe.”

23. “Say what you have to say, not what you ought.
Any truth is better than make-believe.”

24. “If a man does not keep pace with his
companions, perhaps it is because he hears a
different drummer.

25. “If a man does not keep pace with his
companions, perhaps it is because he hears a
different drummer.

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