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Simplicity Quotes
"A man needs only his daily bread."
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"I used to hammer away at the idea of simplicity.In both fiction and non-fiction, there's only one question and one answer. 'What happened?' the reader asks. 'This is what happened,' the writer responds. 'This...and this...and this, too.' Keep it simple. It's the only sure way home."
9
"Every solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies."
8
"On my journey from the fantastical to the practical, spirituality has gone from being a mystical experience to something very ordinary and a daily experience. Many don't want this, instead they prefer spiritual grandeur, and I believe that is what keeps enlightenment at bay. We want big revelations of complexity that validates our perceptions of the divine. What a let down it was to Moses when God spoke through a burning bush! But that is exactly the simplicity of it all. Our spiritual life is our ordinary life and it is very grounded in every day experience. For me, it is the daily practice of kindness, mindfulness, happiness, and peace."
8
"It is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and preparedly that if an enemy take the town... he can walk out the gate empty-handed and without anxiety."
8
"There was so little I wanted to carry. Packing my backpack took me all of four minutes."
7
"The best plans are always the simplest."
7
"And this man, who had sailed round Europe and navigated the Great Northern Route, leaned happily over half a ladleful of thin oatmeal kasha, cooked entirely without fat - just oats and water."
7
"Anne laughed."I don't want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you."
6
"The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside by a generous hand. But- and this is the point- who gets excited by a mere penny? But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days."
6
"It occurred to me what a simple thing reality is, how easy it is to make it work. It's just reality. Just housework. Just a home. Like running a simple machine. Once you learn to run it, it's just a matter of repetition. You push this button and pull that lever. You adjust a gauge, put on the lid, set the timer. The same thing, over and over."
6
"The ordinary can be like medicine."
6
"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them."
5
"We, humans, have come up with so many superficialities that are completely unnecessary for our existence and happiness on earth."
5
"Beware all enterprises that require new clothes."
5
"To be simple is the best thing in the world."
5
"Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry."
5
"Many a times a huge problem gets solved with a trivial move."
5
"One can with but moderate possessions do what one ought."
5
"For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Man. For his rights. For his life. For his honor."
5
"Creativity isn't meant to introduce complexity it is expected to add simplicity."
4
"Being simple is the most complicated thing nowadays!"
4
"In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, 'why don't I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,' and they abandon their values."
4
"The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go running back to where things is simple. You see?"
4
"There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats Grape-Nuts on principle."
4
"I do not say these things for a dollar, or to fill up the time while I wait for a boat."
4
"Life is simple. You just have to stop trying to figure it out."
4
"Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom."
4
"I thus found that the student who wishes for a shelter can obtain one for a lifetime at an expense not greater than the rent which he now pays annually. If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement."
4
"The most important truths are those which sustain us in our daily lives."
4
"Food shouldn't be half-bad. It should be all good."
4
"Ithink that theworld should be full of cats and full of rain, that's all, justcats andrain, rain and cats, very nice, goodnight."
4
"We forget that the sweetest joys are found in the simplest acts: hugs, laughter, quiet observation, basic movements, holding hands, pleasant music, shared stories, a listening ear, an unhurried visit, and selfless service. It is sad we forget a truth so elementary."
4
"To live a wonderful life create more, buy less, hug more, scold less, give more, take less, forgive more, worry less and be grateful everyday for life."
4
"The message of the bicycle: Simplicity is a blessing!"
4
"Simplicity is complex. It's never simple to keep things simple. Simple solutions require the most advanced thinking."
3
"Why do we complicate life, when it was meant to be very simple?"
3
"Everyday, in our quest to grab the new, the trendy, the coolest stuff, we forget to use the old and our daily lives become stuck in the vicious cycle, chasing after stuff without working the old. Today, pause, slow down, take time, revisit those lessons, materials and take the necessary baby-steps. It pays. Go, make it happen!"
3
"Sounds simple, doesn't it, this notion of simplicity? Simple things done simply by a simple person. But it's not as simple as it seems."
3
"Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind."
3
"There was a product which seemed attractive, expensive, portable, beautiful and simple. Everybody talked about its beauty but they bought it for it's simplicity."
3
"A rose does not need to boast of what the whole world already knows, its beauty."
3
"Life can be so wonderful when simplicity, passion and love is involved in everything we do !"
3
"Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do not want society."
3
"Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction."
3
"Somethings are simply better left the way they are."
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