"I have learned by some experience, by many examples and by the writings of countless other before me, also occupied in the search, that certain environments, certain modes of life, certain rules of conduct are more conducive to inner and outer harmony than others. There are, in fact, certain roads that one may follow. Simplification of life is one of them.
"I mean to lead a simple life, to choose a simple shell I can carry easily--like a hermit crab. But I do not. ...I find that my frame of life does not foster simplicity. [This] leads not to unification but to fragmentation. It does not bring grace; it destroys the soul. And this is not only true of my life, I am forced to conclude; it is the life of millions of women in America. I stress America, because today, the American woman more than any other has the privilege of choosing such a life."
Simplicity 
