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Quotes About Simplicity

I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies.
~ Wallace Shawn
Why is it," he said, one time, at the subway entrance, "I feel I've known you so many years?" "Because I like you," she said, "and I don't want anything from you.
~ Ray Bradbury
People buy-into what they can understand quickly. If it takes you a long time to make your point, most people think you don't have one!
~ Garrison Wynn
I ain't got no time for a Caribbean cruise, just give me a song and a beer.
~ John Fogerty
We all need time to enjoy being alive without an agenda of getting something done.
~ Deborah King
I understood now that you could be as soft as the silken draperies, shine like the copper candle holders, and have something tick quietly inside you and never miss a beat, even if you lived in a rude sod hut in the wilderness.
~ Ann Rinaldi
After all, things are what they are. A message is a message, plates are plates, men are men, and life is life.
~ Anna Karina
She thought that people sought marriage because it meant they could put aside the mascara, the bravado, the good clothes, the company manners, and be themselves, whatever that was, not try so hard. But what that seemed to mean was that they didn't try at all. 
~ Anna Quindlen
societies that eschew material possessions are happier overall.
~ Anna Quindlen
The emotional appeal of a conspiracy theory is in its simplicity. It explains away complex phenomena, accounts for chance and accidents, offers the believer the satisfying sense of having special, privileged access to the truth. For those who become the one-party state's gatekeepers, the repetition of these conspiracy theories also brings another reward: power.
~ Anne Applebaum
It is better described as simple-mindedness: people are often attracted to authoritarian ideas because they are bothered by complexity. They dislike divisiveness. They prefer unity. A sudden onslaught of diversity—diversity of opinions, diversity of experiences—therefore makes them angry. They seek solutions in new political language that makes them feel safer and more secure.
~ Anne Applebaum
You'll find a man can live without his money as merrily as a tortoise without its head, or a wasp without its body." '"But
~ Anne Bronte
When you look at a cupcake, you've got to smile.
~ Anne Byrn
her father had built from ax-hewn planks thatched with bamboo and grass. The floor was dirt, but it was clean. Her mother, Foua, sprinkled it regularly with
~ Anne Fadiman
The best remedy for those who are frightened, lovely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity.
~ Anne Frank
The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity. As long as this exists, and that should be forever, I know that there will be solace for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances. I firmly believe that nature can bring comfort to all who suffer.
~ Anne Frank
No soy rica en dinero ni en bienes terrenales; no soy hermosa, ni inteligente, ni lista; ¡pero soy feliz y lo seguiré siendo! Soy feliz por naturaleza, quiero a las personas, no soy desconfiada y quiero verlas felices conmigo.
~ Anne Frank
Nothing else mattered.
~ Anne Frank
The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity. As long as this exists, and that should be forever, I know that there will be solace for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances. I firmly believe that nature can bring comfort to all who suffer.
~ Anne Frank
Bep's easy to please and that pleases us.
~ Anne Frank
que los hombres sean felices en la humilde pero hermosa Naturaleza.
~ Anne Frank
The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity.
~ Anne Frank
As long as this exists," I thought, "this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?" The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity.
~ Anne Frank
Y, Peter, mientras uno siga teniendo esa dicha interior, esa dicha por la naturaleza, por la salud y por tantas otras cosas; mientras uno lleve eso dentro dentro, siempre volverá a ser feliz. La riqueza, la fama, todo se puede perder, pero la dicha en el corazón a lo sumo puede velarse, y siempre, mientras vivas, volverá a hacerte feliz.
~ Anne Frank