I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the wor

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. – George Santayana, “The Irony of Liberalism”

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Simplicity
category

The greatest truths are the simplest: so likewise are the greatest men. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

Category:
Simplicity

The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn’t simple. – Doris Janzen Longacre

Category:
Simplicity

Complexity creates a maze between you and success. Simplicity ensures a clear line of sight. – Lee J. Colan

Category:
Simplicity

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. – Henry David Thoreau

Category:
Simplicity

Random Quotes

I think women dont grow up with the harsh world of criticism that men grow up with, we are more sensitively treated, and when you first experience the world of film-making you have to develop a very tough skin. – Jane Campion

Category:
Experience

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. – Zig Ziglar

Category:
Goals

The message of the free world to any potential Palestinian leadership should be a simple one: Embrace democratic reform and we will embrace you. – Natan Sharansky

Category:
Leadership

Once you start saying, Lets talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations, it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but it can become confusing and frustrating, and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda. – Andrew Cuomo

Category:
Politics