Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, naturalist, and philosopher.  Here are some of his thoughts on simplicity:

• Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify
• That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest
• In wildness is the preservation of the world
• The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run
• Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them
• Water is the only drink for a wise man
• Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler

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