Quotes About Simplicity

Sre?a je vrlo jednostavna stvar; treba samo preokrenuti nesre?u.

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

Prostota to ostatnie osi?gni?cie. Po zagraniu ogromnej ilo?ci nut i wi?kszej ilo?ci nut, prostota staje si? ukoronowaniem sztuki. (Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.)

Days of slow walking are very long: they make you live longer, because you have allowed every hour, every minute, every second to breathe, to deepen, instead of filling them up by straining the joints…

When there is really nothing left to do or believe, except to remember, walking helps retrieve the absolute simplicity of presence, beyond all hope, before any expectation.

Caminando, solo una hazaña importa: la intensidad del cielo, la belleza de los paisajes. Andar no es un deporte.

Oh thrice and four times happy those who plant cabbages!

Il y a une forme de légèreté et de grâce dans le simple fait d'exister, au-delà des occupations, au-delà des sentiments forts, au-delà des engagements, et c'est de cela que j'ai voulu rendre compte. De ce petit plus qui nous est donné à tous : le sel de la vie.

Voljeti ono što jest. Nema druge tajne.«

prihvati život takav kakav jest, nemoj željeti da on bude nešto drugo. I ne o?ekuj velike doga?aje. Pomisli kako je svakodnevna egzistencija tvoja prava škola; ostalo su izvanškolske aktivnosti.

I think of my life as a series of moments and I've found that the great moments often don't have too much to them. They're not huge, complicated events; they're just magical wee moments when somebody says 'I love you' or 'You're a really good at what you do' or simply 'You're a good person'.

One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.

Consider the rose...The rose is the sweetest smelling flower of all, and it's the most beautiful because it's the most simple, right? But sometimes, you got to clip the rose. You got to cut the rose back, so something sweeter smelling and stronger, and even more beautiful, will grow in its place

Preach with authority. The authority for us is the Word of God. Preach with simplicity . . . Preach with urgency . . . heaven and hell are at stake. Preach for a decision.

We say to our children, "Act like grown-ups," but Jesus said to the grown-ups, "Be like children.

Happy is the person who has learned the secret of being content with whatever life brings him, and has learned to rejoice in the simple and beautiful things around him.

Jesus made everything so simple and we have made it so complicated. He spoke to the people in short sentences and everyday words, illustrating His messages with never-to-be forgotten stories.

Though [Jesus'] words were profound, they were plain. His words were weighty, yet they shone with a luster and simplicity of statement that staggered His enemies.

Men and women who give [Christ] first place find that there is no need for anxiety about this world's goods.

The happiest people I know are separated followers of Jesus Christ. They are not dependent on artificial stimulants. They do not resort to sick, dirty jokes. They do not abuse their bodies to relax their minds.

Truth is easier for a child to handle than evasiveness.

Too many times we are concerned with how much, instead of how little, like this [world] we can become.

Even the simplest tools can empower people to do great things

Embrace constraint. What you get in return is the art and craft of editing your own life, weeding out what is and isn't necessary.