Quotes About Simplicity

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.

Mon père est entré dans la catégorie des gens simples ou modestes ou braves gens. Il n'osait plus me raconter des histoires de son enfance. Je ne lui parlais plus de mes études.

Une adresse et de l'argent, cétait les seules choses au monde dont j'avais besoin à ce mont-là.

Grounding is not dull and lifeless, but dynamic and vibrant. Generally it is our tension that makes us lethargic, and tension results from alienation between various parts of ourselves. As these parts are simplified and integrated, we experience increased vitality.

I want to separate my professional life from my personal life. I want to live a normal life and be a normal mother.

I keep a pretty low profile. I live in Culver City with some roommates. I don't do the whole 'Hollywood' thing.

I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.

Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself.

That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.

Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound.

I think the simple message of that song is what attracted me to 'Every Day.' It's one of those simple yet profound lyrics.

I actually profoundly think the world's a better place when economics is fairly boring... The more boring the better.

Programme names have been changed, and we have Andrew Neil saying he won't be using long words.

Programmers can be lazy.

The Every Day Calendar is 0% Internet connected, so no apps, WiFi, bluetooth or computer programs are needed to set it up. Just plug it into the wall and you're ready to go.

My very clear vision for the ideal Roomba is one you never see and you never touch. Our research priorities are explicitly focused on the Roomba of the future that will deliver on the promise of automatically cleaning your floor.

With this album, I tried not to think too much. If I heard a song that I loved, I promised myself I wouldn't over-think it. If I loved it and if I wanted to cut it, I would.

It was so simple in the old days. You put out an album, people promoted it, it got in the charts, and you had a hit.

I don't want it to be so complicated - promoters, a business plan, none of that.

We should have an easier name to pronounce.

If I can't pronounce it, I don't want to put it in my body. Everything to me now is organic, natural, right from the farm.

The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don't. Quests to faraway places or shopping sprees are no longer necessary. All you have to do is eliminate what you don't need by confronting each of your possessions properly.

I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of you, your mind goes nuts.

Once you learn to choose your belongings properly, you will be left with only the amount that fits perfectly in the space you own.