Quotes About Simplicity

Oh, blessed are the simple rich, for they inherit the earth!

There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind...

there are only a few obvious things that I notice as primarily beautiful: women, spring evenings, music at night, the sea;

You know, you're a little complicated after all." "Oh no," she assured him hastily. "No, I'm not really - I'm just a - I'm just a whole lot of different simple people.

I think most people are confused about life, because it's not just one thing going on," said Elner. "It's many things going on at the same time. Life is both sad and happy, simple and complex, all at the same time.

If human beings could communicate in mathematical language -- which is more poetical than any other language -- the world would be an easier place to live. Perhaps one day we will follow Nature's example, for her immense book is written in mathematical language, as Galileo has affirmed.

mono iwazu / kyaku to teishu to / shiragiku to Saying nothing: Guest and host and white chrysanthemum.

I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. A nearby field, a ray of sunlight, a little bit of calm along with a bit of bread, not to feel oppressed by the knowledge that I exist, not to demand anything from others, and not to have others demand anything from me - this was denied me, like the spare change we might deny a beggar not because we're mean-hearted but because we don't feel like unbuttoning our coat.

But I am not perfect in my way of putting things Because I lack the divine simplicity Of being only what I appear to be.

Para ser grande, sê inteiro: nada Teu exagera ou exclui. Sê todo em cada coisa. Põe quanto és No mínimo que fazes. Assim em cada lago a lua toda Brilha, porque alta vive.

I believe in the World as in a daisy. Because I see it. But I don't think about it Because thinking is not understanding…

Amar é a eterna inocência, E a única inocência não pensar...

Anyone who wants to be understood will never know the delight of being understood, because this happens only to the complex and misunderstood; simple souls, the ones whom other people can understand, never feel a desire to be understood.

Wise is the man who monotonizes his existence, for then each minor incident seems a marvel.

Reducir las necesidades al mínimo, para no depender en nada de los demás.

Calm because I'm unknown, And myself because I'm calm, I want to fill my days With wanting nothing from them. For those whom wealth touches, Gold irritates the skin. For those on whom fame blows, Life fogs over. On those for whom happiness Is their sun, night will fall. But those who hope for nothing Are glad for whatever comes.

Hayattan çok az ÅŸey istedim - ama o, o kadar?n? bile esirgedi benden Az?c?k güneÅŸ, k?rlar, bir lokma ekmek bir lokma huzur, can?m? fazla yakmayacak bir yaÅŸama bilincim olsun ve bir de ne kimseye muhtaç olay?m ne el alem bana muhtaç olsun.

Todos lo días descubro La espantosa realidad de las cosas: Cada cosa es lo que es. Qué difícil es decir esto y decir Cuánto me alegra y cómo me basta. Para ser completo existir es suficiente.

Let me return to childhood and stay there forever, caring nothing for the values that grown men give to things or for the relationships that grown men establish between them.

Feliz, finalmente, quien renuncia a todo, y a quien, por renunciar a todo, nada le puede ser quitado o reducido.

A concisão é a luxúria do pensamento.

De rivier stroomt voort, uiteindelijk. Zonder eerste druk. En de bries die blaast, Zo vanzelfsprekend ochtendlijk, Heeft, daar ze tijd heeft, geen haast...

Baste a quem baste o que lhe basta; O bastante de lhe bastar!; A vida é breve, a alma é vasta:; Ter é tardar.

Renunciation is freedom. Not wanting is power.