SIMPLICITY

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that we seek to remove from our lives possessions and activities that would separate us from God and one another.

To Quakers, simplicity is a spiritual quality that denotes an inward centeredness, a singleness of being that is responsive to the Divine within. Simple living is a creative act that frees us from extraneous concerns and enables us to devote attention to the Divine. A simple life is often hard to achieve. It means consuming or collecting nothing in excess of what is needful for our health and well-being and understanding what that is. What is needful may differ from one person to another, but in general it means that which is not extraneus in terms of time, possessions, speech, and activities.

IMYM Faith and Practice  page 49