Quotes About Simplicity

Isn't that a view worth looking at? Nice and far from the marketplace, ain't it? No buying and selling and getting gain. You don't have to pay anything- all that sea and sky free- 'without money and without price.

And I always thought: the very simplest words Must be enough. When I say what things are like Everyone's heart must be torn to shreds. That you'll go down if you don't stand up for yourself Surely you see that.

Life in San Francisco is still just life. If you want one thing too much it's likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and

It seemed to him harder, as he got older, to find a simple way of life.

His purpose was to get done what needed to be done, and what needed to be done was simple, if not easy.

was not old enough to understand the need to go back to a place where things were simple. He had no happiness in his face, the young ranger; perhaps he had never had a place where things were simple, a place he could think about when he needed to remember happiness. Perhaps the young ranger had been unlucky—he might have no good place or good time to remember.

don't care if they're horses or women or Indians or what. I learned long ago there's much to be said for dumbness.

Garbage is usually construed as useless complexity.

With so much unknown in this life, how little it takes for a face, a grove of trees, an outcropping of stone to become familiar.

It's not so much

Norwegian way of keeping all our earthly affairs from achieving too much importance.

This was something we sometimes did on days we got home late—on days we were too tired to get into the big stuff. We each picked one thing from the day to tell each other about. One good thing from our separate lives.

You have something you want to do. Something you like to do. Something you're good at. Why don't we start with that? Why don't you let that be the entire plan for now?

Maybe this only had to be as big as I let it be. So why was I letting it be everything?

Laura had only a corncob wrapped in a handkerchief, but it was a good doll. It was named Susan.

San Francisco, September 13, 1915 Believe me, there is no place like the country to live, and I have not heard of anything so far that would lead me to give up Rocky Ridge for any other place.

It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures and to be cheerful and have courage when things go wrong.

It seemed as natural as two blades of grass brushing each other in the wind.

So little gives me joy now that I'm afraid I'll get rid of every single thing I've ever owned and end up with nothing. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Feeling empty only makes me want to be emptier.

Sometimes love isn't about being smart. Sometimes it's about being stupid together.

Everything I needed was in my car, even the chickens

Talking to children is like testifying in court, answer just what's asked, don't elaborate, and don't volunteer information.

My answer seemed to please him, and he let it go. Matthew was teaching me not to over explain, to explain just enough to make him happy, and not dig the verbal hole deeper. Talking to children is like testifying in court, answer just what's asked, don't elaborate, and don't volunteer information.

Quit drawing out the story