Quotes About Simplicity

Endure labour; nor to need many things; when I have anything to do, to do it myself rather than by others; not to meddle with many businesses; and not easily to admit of any slander.

Acuérdate de esto y de lo siguiente, que de poquísimas cosas depende tener una vida feliz. Y

To my soul: Are you ever going to achieve goodness? Ever going to be simple, whole and naked--as plain to see as the body that contains you?

Always bear this in mind; and another thing too, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.

32. You can discard most of the junk that clutters your mind—things that exist only there—and clear out space for yourself: … by comprehending the scale of the world … by contemplating infinite time … by thinking of the speed with which things change—each part of every thing; the narrow space between our birth and death; the infinite time before; the equally unbounded time that follows.

And if all men refuse to believe that he lives a simple, modest, and contented life, he is neither angry with any of them, nor does he deviate from the way which leads to the end of life, to which a man ought to come pure, tranquil, ready to depart, and without any compulsion perfectly reconciled to his lot.

For it may happen if thou dost not take heed. Keep thyself therefore, truly simple, good, sincere, grave, free from all ostentation, a lover of that which is just, religious, kind, tender-hearted, strong and vigorous to undergo anything that becomes thee.

Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with coarse and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: Is this the condition that I feared?

no ser tramposo, tener nobleza, aguantar los trabajos, despreciar los placeres, no quejarse de tu destino, necesitar poco, la buena disposición, la liberalidad, la sencillez, no ser charlatán, la grandeza. ¿

They seek for themselves private retiring places, as country villages, the sea-shore, mountains; yea thou thyself art wont to long much after such places. But all this thou must know proceeds from simplicity in the highest degree. At what time soever thou wilt, it is in thy power to retire into thyself, and to be at rest, and free from all businesses.

Throw away your books; no longer distract yourself: it is not allowed.

Accordingly, on every occasion a man should ask himself, Is this one of the unnecessary things? Now a man should take away not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for thus superfluous acts will not follow after.

Be content to seem what you really are.

Con la afectación del léxico no trates de decorar tu pensamiento.

Affect not to set out your thoughts with curious neat language. Be neither a great talker, nor a great undertaker; be one who for his word or actions needs neither an oath, nor any man to be a witness.

51. Take the shortest route, the one that nature planned—to speak and act in the healthiest way. Do that, and be free of pain and stress, free of all calculation and pretension.

virtudes estoicas que debían regir su vida: sinceridad, sencillez y valor.

that the happy life depends on the fewest possible things;

Occupy thyself with few things, says the philosopher, if thou wouldst be tranquil.-

if all men disbelieve in his living a simple and modest and cheerful life, he is not wroth with any of them, nor swerves from the path which leads to his life's goal, whither he must go pure, peaceful, ready for release, needing no force to bring him into accord with his lot.

Ve?ina onoga što govorimo i što ?inimo nepotrebno je - ukloni površnost i imat ?eš više vremena i manje briga. Stoga bi svatko, u svakoj prilici, trebao sebe podsjetiti: ''Je li ovo, ili nije, nešto neophodno ?'' Uklanjanje nepotrebnoga trebalo bi primijeniti ne samo na djela nego i na misli - tada ne bi dolazilo do suvišnih djela.

These four characteristics — simplicity, frequent interaction, focus on the future, and self-tracking — are the foundation for a successful "performance management" routine.

This advice—be clear about whom you serve—appears straightforward, but it is surprising how many leaders allow their answer to be vague, imprecise, or, most damaging of all, complex.

Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit. (If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.)