Quotes About Simplicity

TRUST GOD. Plain and simple. Not easy, mind you, but basic and uncomplicated.

Part of the exquisite beauty of salvation is its simplicity. Any man, woman, or child can come to Christ with absolutely nothing to offer Him but simple faith—just as they are. Salvation requires nothing more than childlike faith—believing that Jesus Christ died for my sins and accepting His gift of salvation.

All my knotted-up life I've longed for the sanity and simplicity of knowing who's good and who's bad. I've wanted to know this about myself as much as anyone. I needed God to clean up the mess, divide the room, sort the mail so all of us can just get on with it and be who we are. Go where we're bent.

Make it easy for those in need. Make their provision plain to see.

Life vastly simplifies, and satisfaction greatly amplifies, when we begin to realize our awesome roles. God is God. From our perspective, it's all about Him. He is the center of the universe. We seek to please Him. He seeks to perfect us—and life works. Not without pain, but definitely with purpose.

Back in those less complicated times, there were lots of industries that operated more or less by rote: the old banker's motto, for instance, was "3-6-3": take money in at 3 percent, lend it out at 6 percent, and be on the golf course by 3 P.M.

My records do not require a lot of thought of 'What is this?' and 'What is that?' That would be too contrived for me.

When you have good ingredients, cooking doesn't require a lot of instruction because you can never go very wrong.

I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.

I loved painting and drawing for many reasons. One of them was that all it really required was me, a pencil and a pad. It was something I was passionate about, and still am.

You need a good gardener and a good fisherman. The cook is not required.

It would be great if perfect skin required less work. That would be the best ever.

What I learned about music is that it can have nothing to do with words, instrumentation, image, message, or meaning. The meaning is the melody, the notes, the rhythm - music for the sake of its own beauty, with nothing more required to express itself.

There is no necessity in this world that requires you to have an absurd amount of money.

There's not a lot of chefs in the kitchen and very few people are involved in 'Hot Ones.' There's no research team or anything like that.

We can live frugally. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about. But when I put forward this simple notion, I was greeted with a volley of resentment.

I think I'm generally more inspired when I'm away from technology. Whether that is on a beach somewhere or just in your room with your phones and screens shut off, I think that quietness is often very inspiring.

Stop running around, stop trying to return every email in your inbox immediately, stop cramming too much stuff into too few hours in the day. Sit down, shut up, and most importantly, be glad.

I don't have a bad relationship. I'm 48 years old. I think life is too short for that. To me, life is... you open the shutters, you see the dogs outside, you look left, you look right, in, what, a second and a half? And that's a life.

I don't like clothes. I don't especially like cars. I have a very nice house. I get sick on a boat.

I've never had much and I've never needed much. If I had only two bucks in my pocket, I knew I could spend it because I could always do another show of some kind, even on a sidewalk.

When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.

My signature scent is naivete.

I've signed on for four movies, and I'll do four. That's easy. No complications there.