Quotes About Simplicity

From her first day with us, Kandy took lunch at the counter in Cuddy's.  They claim to serve "homestyle!" food there and, if you grew up in a cold war bunker, it might come pretty close because at Cuddy's they open an awful lot of cans.

Quick now, here, now, always- A condition of complete simplicity (Costing not less than everything) And all shall be well and All manner of thing shall be well When the tongues of flame are in-folded Into the crowned knot of fire And the fire and the rose are one.

A condition of complete simplicity (Costing not less than everything)

When you stopped to think about it, he reflected, there weren't many things in life one truly needed. To want too much was worse than greed: it was stupidity—a waste of precious time and effort. The

One should treasure those humdrum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered

When you stopped to think about it, he reflected, there weren't many things in life one truly needed. To want too much was worse than greed: it was stupidity - a waste of precious time and effort.

We no longer accumulate to live; we live to accumulate.

She had set her hand on Leopardo's bowed head and allowed herself a moment with the mass of apricot hair that felt like crisp wild grass to her.

They say in the east you love the person you marry and in the west you marry the person you love. But maybe it's a lot simpler than that. Maybe you just love the person you love.

By the standards of the European industrial world we are poor peasants, but when I embrace my grandfather I experience a sense of richness as though I am a note in the heartbeats of the very universe. He is no towering oak tree with luxurious branches growing in a land on which Nature has bestowed water and fertility, rather he is like the sayal bushes in the deserts of the Sudan, thick of bark and sharp of thorn, defeating death because they ask so little of life.

Here is the crux of the strategy: Instead of hiring an expert, or spending a lot of time trying to decide which stocks or actively managed funds are likely to be top performers, just invest in index funds and forget about it!

Even the bins looked beautiful to her. They simply were what they were and were doing a splendid job being just that.

If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

You're simple, straightforward and honest, a little bit on the primitive side, I should think. To interest you a woman would have to... -To lay her cards out on the table.

In human character, simplicity doesn't exist except among simpletons.

Cuando una persona está convencida de que tiene problemas, lo último que desea es oír una solución sencilla y clara.

During the 80s and 90s, we all became consumed with ourselves. In the 21st century, we've come back to simpler times. People are struggling economically and this has forced them to scale back the material aspects of their lives and realise the beauty of finding the simple joy in being with the people we love.

My mom used to make everything. She had a great garden and composted and made everything from scratch - peanut butter, bread, jelly, everything. I don't know how she did it because all those things take time and love and labour. I only do half the stuff she does - but there's still time.

I think less is more when it comes to kissing in the movies.

Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.

the beholding of Him, and generally of all His works. For they are full good; and all His doings are easy and sweet,

These are the little things that people should really appreciate, simple pleasures.

On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.

Everyone needed a reminder to simply look at things and enjoy them, without labeling them.