Less Is More: An Anthology of Ancient & Modern Voices Raised in Praise of Simplicity
Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Self-Help
Less Is More (Inner Traditions, 1991) is an anthology, edited by Goldian VandenBroeck, of short passages praising simplicity, moderation and voluntary poverty, with a foreword by E. F. Schumacher. It gathers voices from many eras and cultures, including Confucius, Patañjali, Ovid, Rumi, Meister Eckhart, Leonardo da Vinci, Teresa of Ávila, Bashō, Thoreau and Tagore, arranged under themes such as desire and need, money, ecology, time and education. The collection first appeared in 1978 from Harper Colophon.
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- Tim Ferriss: “It is one of the books that has traveled with me, and it's face out so I see it every day when I'm sitting on my couch. Along with a handful of others; ... and Less Is More, which is an anthology of writing on minimalism”