Quotes About Simplicity

Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings.

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy.

The things that matter most in life....Aren't things.

Life, according to Zen, ought to be lived as a bird flies through the air, or as a fish swims in the water.

In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell.

If you would get a contented life, do not grasp too much of the world, do not take in more of the business of the world than God calls you to.

Human happiness, true prosperity and joyful living can only emerge from a life of elegant simplicity, embedded in the arts and crafts.

So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.

Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

The mathematical phenomenon always develops out of simple arithmetic, so useful in everyday life, out of numbers, those weapons of the gods: the gods are there, behind the wall, at play with numbers.

Always bear this in mind, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.

I would like a simple life / yet all night I am laying / poems away in a long box.

The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.

I'm interested in living more of a life that's invisible to everybody and more vibrant to a fewer people that are in my life.

If I really want an unrushed life, I must underwhelm my schedule so God has room to overwhelm my soul.

I've come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized.

Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy.

In the face of the economic plight, it is our task to become pioneers of simplicity, that is, to find a simple form for all of life's necessities, which is at the same time respectable and genuine.

Life is a mystery,but man wants to reduce it to a problem!

The main goal is not to complicate the already difficult life of the consumer.

The point was living with grace, decency, and attention to the world, and breaking free of the artificial constructs in your own life.