Quotes About Simplicity

Qué desapasionado, prosaicamente práctico, noblemente soso es nuestro tiempo. Aunque tal vez tenga también su lado bueno: uno puede distinguirse por su extravagancia.

Country Life George

We have no quarrel with the Freudians, but we do not put the same stress on sexual matters as they do. Sex is very important, but if it were the single most important thing in life, it would all be much simpler, and I doubt if mankind would have worked so hard to live far beyond the age when sex is the greatest joy.

and again she wished for Sherwood, and the dappled roof of leaves that never weighed upon her. She pulled her scarf closer around her and thought, I would rather live in a hut in the woods; a hut like the one of my first memories, with a clean-swept dirt floor, and a brown-eyed boy watching me from behind his mother's skirts as I watched him from behind mine.

The lessons she'd been forced to learn were dry spare things, the facts without the sense of them, given in the simplest of language, as if words might disguise the truth or (worse) bring it to life.

It is a much more straightforward thing to be a dog, and a dog's love, once given, is not reconsidered; it just is, like sunlight or mountains. It is for human beings to see the shadows behind the light, and the light behind the shadows. It is, perhaps, why dogs have people, and people have dogs.

The richest person in the world, I've since discovered, isn't the person who has the most but the one who needs the least.

Some of life's best pleasures are simplest ones. Enrich your life with more of them and your heart will be happy.

We live in an age when we have forgotten what life is all about.

Basically, I reduced my needs.

Most of us miss out on life's big prizes. The Pulitzer. The Nobel. Oscars. Tonys. Emmys. But we are all eligible for life's small pleasures. A pat on the back. A kiss behind the ear. A four pound bass. A full moon. An empty parking space. A crackling fire. A great meal. A glorious sunset. Hot soup. Cold beer. Don't fret about getting life's grand awards. Enjoy its tiny delights. There are plenty for all of us.

I stopped wearing expensive clothes, I kicked my addiction to six newspapers a day

What a life! All that money and all I could eat was bread and water.

I stopped spending so much time chasing the big pleasures of life, I began to enjoy the little ones, like watching the stars dancing in a moonlit sky or soaking in the the sunbeams of a glorious summer morning.

The moment I stopped spending so much time chasing the big pleasures of life, I began to enjoy the little ones

Picasso once said, 'It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child

final ritual?" "This is the all-important Ritual of Simplicity.

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You see, John, unless you reduce your needs, you will never be fulfilled. You will always be like that gambler in Las Vegas, staying at the roulette wheel for 'just one more spin' in the hope that your lucky number will come up. You will always want more than you have. How can you ever be happy?

puso nuestro talento natural al servicio de una orgía de complejidad, superficialidad y distracciones tecnológicas.

Focus only on your priorities, those activities that are truly meaningful. Your life will be uncluttered, rewarding and exceptionally peaceful. This

El secreto de la felicidad es simple: averigua qué es lo que te gusta hacer y dirige todas tus energías en esa dirección.

Create a Pure Environment

Actually, it was the easiest thing I have ever done. The decision to give up my practice and all my worldly possessions felt natural. Albert Camus once said that 'Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present.