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Helen Nearing Quotes

1904–1995 United States

Helen Knothe Nearing (23 February 1904 – 17 September 1995) was an American author and advocate of simple living. She was the second wife of Scott Nearing.

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This book on simple food is vegetarian, of course. It is the simplest, cleanest, easiest way to eat. I take it for granted that to live on plants and fruits, seeds and nuts is the way for rational, kindly and perceptive people to live.

[...] live hard not soft; eat hard not soft; seek fiber in foods and in life.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Helen Nearing (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.