1. Activities of life to be kept simple with a view to their purpose

    An intelligent man in human society should make his own program of activities very simple. If there are suggestions from his friends, children, parents, brothers or anyone else, he should externally agree, saying, “Yes, that is all right,” but internally he should be determined not to create a cumbersome life in which the purpose of life will not be fulfilled.

    From Srila Prabhupada’s purport to SB 7.14.16