Quotes About Simplicity

At these times, the things that troubled her seemed far away and unimportant: all that mattered was the hum of the bees and the chirp of birdsong, the way the sun gleamed on the edge of a blue wildflower, the distant bleat and clink of grazing goats.

A man cannot eat more than three meals a day, or live in more than one house at a time. If you have what you need, and more than you need, what is the use of adding to it?

By the light," he said, when he had mastered himself. "I think that beats singing a lullaby to a stormdog for simplicity and economy, Maerad. But I wish I had known that you simply had to blow at Hulls to get rid of them. It would have saved me a few scars.

The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things.

I am not a novelist, I'm a storyteller. There is no art in what I do. No mystique.

cuántos tormentos se ahorra el que sabe contentarse con lo que tiene, que ve sin envidia lo que no tiene, que no pretende parecer más de lo que es! Siempre es rico, porque si mira hacia abajo en vez de mirar hacia arriba, siempre verá gentes que aun tienen menos; vive tranquilo, porque no se crea necesidades quiméricas, y la calma en medio de los huracanes de la vida ¿no es acaso una felicidad?

The art of writing is to explain the complications of the human soul with the simplicity that can be universally understood.

how ignorant he was; how childlike … He was simply beyond analysis; so simple

A man cannot eat more than three meals a day, or live in more than one house at a time. If you have what you need, and more than you need, what is the use of adding to it?" ~Saliman

Because sometimes not liking someone is easier.

Don't make anything more difficult than it has to be

Silence and simplicity obtrude on no one, but are yet two unequaled attractions in woman.

I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do.

El adjudicarle el término de amor a un fenómeno tan total era caer en una simpleza, en una inaudita superficialidad.

Each of these ubiquitous marketplaces has found a way to succeed not only in making markets thick, uncongested, and safe, but also in making them simple to use.

How good it felt to exist without pride or ambition. To live in hibernation.

La gente realmente intelligente e aperta non implorerebbe queste spiegazioni. Solo la gente volgare vuole spiegare tutto, anche quello che non si spiega. Perché dovrei dare spiegazioni che gli stupidi non comprenderebbero e di cui le menti più fini non avrebbero voglia?

Nije li sjajno da obi?na i skromna ruka može nadomjestiti nešto tako složeno, tako skupo, nešto što je tako teško izvesti na pozornici i nešto tako optere?eno duševnim stanjima kao što je seks? Da ta ljubazna ruka, bez velikih pri?a, pruža isto toliko (ako ne i više) užitka kao neka dosadna žena, koju je uz to još skupo uzdržavati, nije li to divno?

The Apple has the fewest bells and whistles. It has simple sound and few graphics special effects. In a way, that is a weakness because markets for the other machines are getting bigger.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

When you are 81 years old, you don't really need a lot of the trappings of wealth.

Nobility of spirit has more to do with simplicity than ostentation, wisdom rather than wealth, commitment rather than ambition.

My mum and dad weren't wealthy people. We used to have pasta every day, meat once a week, fish was once every two weeks, presents only at Christmas and birthday.

The good thing about getting wealthy is we don't need to understand a lot of things!