Quotes About Simplicity

Gloves dried by the fire feel warmer, bread risen by the fire tastes better, tea made from water heated in a kettle over the fire makes you cozier.

Those who know the true use of money, and regulate the measure of wealth according to their needs, live contented with few things.

You will receive everything you need when you stop asking for what you do not need

Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, in itself an ecstasy.

You may have a vast scholarship, fame or fortune. But, the bee can give you a lesson on how to be free from torment

Tuhan...tolonglah kami, agar berusaha lebih keras untuk memahami daripada dipahami.

I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, nature would no longer be enameled with lovely hues. And so it is in the world of souls, Our Lord's living garden.

If a little flower could speak, it seems to me that it would tell us quite simply all that God has done for it, without hiding any of its gifts. It would not, under the pretext of humility, say that it was not pretty, or that it had not a sweet scent, that the sun had withered its petals,or the storm bruised its stem, if it knew that such were not the case.

I say nothing to him I love him

I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, Nature would lose her springtide beauty, and the fields would no longer be enameled with lovely hues. It is the same in the world of souls, Our Lord's living garden

The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent or the daisy of its simple charm.

The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.

Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.

St. Therese of Lisieux

The Stone is one, the Medicine is one, to which we add nothing, only in the preparation removing superfluities.

It is always easier to be an epicure of a small repast than of a banquet.

Hearing from you makes me long for simpler times, but perhaps the attraction of the past is that it is over, and we can make of it what we will.

Quem lê fica a refletir, quem reflete forma uma opinião, quem tem uma opinião pode disssidir, quem se torna dissidente passa a ser inimigo. É tão simples como isto.

Hiçbir arzum yok, yeryüzünde masum kalmak d???nda.

His thick-skinned placidity was unassailable. Calmness, toughness of mind, indefatigable and stubborn patience, these were his most salient traits. It was thanks to his unusual modesty and reserve, to his total lack of false ambition, and to his artless simplicity of demeanor, that so notable and so wealthy a man numbered among his innumerable acquaintances in Viennese society no enemies but only friends.

The more naïve a people are, the easier it is to get around them.

Denn nichts auf Erden gleicht der unbemerkten Liebe eines Kindes aus dem Dunkel, weil sie so hoffnungslos, so dienend, so unterwürfig, so laurend und leidenschaftlich ist, wie niemals die begehrende und unbewußt doch fordernde Liebe einer erwachsenen Frau.

Die zweite war, daß sie fast immer in ihrem Leben die einfachsten sind.

on the whole I thought I liked having everything very tidy and calm all around me, and not being bothered to do things, and laughing at the kind of joke other people didn't think at all funny, and going for country walks, and not being asked to express opinions about things (like love, and isn't so-and-so peculiar?)