Quotes About Simplicity

There are two ways to increase your wealth. Increase your means or decrease your wants. The best is to do both at the same time.

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.

When you demand nothing of the world, nor of God, when you want nothing, seek nothing, expect nothing, then the supreme state will come to you uninvited and unexpected.

There are two ways to be rich - one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of your wants.

I can live well with what I have.I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more.

Those who seek the deeper Christian life and those who want the riches that are in Christ Jesus the Lord seek no place, no wealth, no things, only Christ.

Wise people are in want of nothing, and yet need many things. On the other hand, nothing is needed by fools, for they do not understand how to use anything, but are in want of everything.

Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value.

Food, clothing and shelter — these are the basic needs. Beyond that, if you want anything, it is the beginning of self-deception.

So if anybody wants to get me something, get me 60 crabs - one for each year. I don't want no diamonds, I don't want no shoes, I don't want no party. I want some crabs.

I just want to make a tray of good tofu. If people want something else, they should go to the restaurants and shops.

Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.

I just need green. I need to wake up and see grass and squirrels. I don't want to see skyscrapers.

If I had all the money in the world, I'd still make movies. But I'd want them to pay me in donuts.

Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things

My first wish is to be simple in my actions, truthful in my speech, honest in my opinions, and natural in my behavior. In other words, I want to be clean in mind, heart, and body.

Little kids shoot marbles where the branches break the sun into graceful shafts of light… I just want to be pure.

People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.

Keep it simple. You don't want to overdo it with too much makeup or crazy, over-the-top hairstyles. Let your natural beauty show through.

I make myself rich by making my wants few.

I don't think I want to win anything I think I want to die unadorned.

So when I cease to be I want to go back...to the sea! Oh for the life of a sardine! That is the life for me!

If you want something then you lose everything. If you don't want anything then you already have everything.

You know how it is with drawers and labels in the music business. They don't want anything to be complicated. They just want it simple, as simple as possible.