Quotes About Simplicity

British rain was rarely that simple. For days on end, instead of falling, it simply hung around in the air like a wife waiting for you to notice she was sulking.

Socrates was a wise man. Surveying the goods on a market stall, the great one was said to have remarked, "What a lot of things a man doesn't need!

there is a way of doing life in leadership that is not so complicated and heavy—a way of making decisions that does not have to rely on our own brilliance and ability to think hard, a way of being involved in God's work that ends up being more about God's work than our own.

Les aseguro que a menos que ustedes cambien y se vuelvan como niños, no entrarán en el reino de los cielos. JESÚS

The natural is so awesome that we need not go beyond it.

big stories love little words to fly around in

R&B and all that stuff was always very spare and spontaneous. Nobody made those records under solid gold situations. It was just in and out, and you didn't labor over the thing. I like music like that.

I don't regard my life as insufficient. Inside the brushwood gate there is a moon; there are flowers.

Pourquoi me sentirais-je Dans le besoin ? Devant ma porte de broussailles, La lune est là, Les fleurs sont là.

As much as we all talk about the future and how so many things are merging, there is a simplicity that is crucial.

Too lazy to be ambitious, I let the world take care of itself. Ten days' worth of rice in my bag; a bundle of twigs by the fireplace. Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment? Listening to the night rain on my roof, I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.

The plants and flowers I raised about my hut I now surrender To the will Of the wind

In this world of dreams, drifting off still more; and once again speaking and dreaming of dreams. Just let it be.

When all thoughts Are exhausted I slip into the woods And gather A pile of shepherd's purse. Like the little stream Making its way Through the mossy crevices I, too, quietly Turn clear and transparent.

The flower invites the butterfly with no-mind; The butterfly visits the flower with no-mind. The flower opens, the butterfly comes; The butterfly comes, the flower opens. I don't know others, Others don't know me. By not-knowing we follow nature's course

Primitive does not mean stupid.

The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.

A wonderful discovery, psychoanalysis. Makes quite simple people feel they're complex.

Hayata, realiteye, menfaatlerine döndü?ün zaman içine ne ?eytan kalacak ne peygamber... Vücudunun ve ruhunun ne kadar basit bir makine oldu?unu ö?ren, istediklerini tayin et ve bunlara do?ru azimle ilerlemeye ba?la...Göreceksin!

trivial details were what true life was made of.

Barefoot travel allows you to get the true feel of a place.

I have learned to take a bit more off and rest a little deeper.

I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug.

The path is not difficult. It is very simple. If you are simple, it's very simple. If you are all wound up, the path is very, very winding. That's all it is.