Quotes About Simplicity

sexuality freed from its diabolic ties to love had become a joy of angelic simplicity.

Siempre he admirado a los creyentes. Pensaba que estaban dotados de un don especial de percepción ultra sensorial del que yo carecía. Algo así como los videntes. Pero mi hijo me demuestra que creer realidad muy fácil. Cuando estaba en apuros, le echaron una mano los católicos y de pronto apareció la fe. Es posible que haya decidido creer por agradecimiento. Las decisiones de los hombres son muy simples

Nur das Notwendige ist schwer, nur was wiegt, hat Wert.

I always listen to what I can leave out.

If you don't know what to play, play nothing.

I am actually really boring and I lead a quiet life. I love being at home, cooking for my boys, watching movies and I like nothing better than to go to bed early with a book.

The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.

Even if I live not in a big city, even if I detest to go to parties, I love street fairs and long conversations with people in the countryside.

It's just as well that I write in the same facile way wherever I am - no blocks or anguish, no contemplation, no elaborate revision, no need for love-tokens or nice views.

I know what I want, I want things for myself, but I think the key to life is somebody to love, something to do and something to look forward to. I don't think it's complicated.

He didn't take her breath away. Maybe the opposite. But that was okay-that was really good, actually, to be near someone who filled your lungs with air.

The escape from all false ties; courage to be what we are; and love of what is simple and beautiful; independence, and cheerful relation, these are the essentials.

I don't know if it's due to my age, that I'm older now, [but] I love the essentials. I don't like the things around us that are a kind of mirage.

There's no point for me to party. I have a girl that I love. I don't need that.

Love said, "Wake still and think of me," Sleep, "Close your eyes till break of day," But Dreams came by and smilingly Gave both to Love and Sleep their way.

When the world wants too much And it feels cold and out of touch It's a beautiful place When you kiss my face from The Woman In Me

That's what I love about kids. They don't care about anything else but who you are as a person.

When I was twenty I was in love with words, a wordsmith. I didn't know enough to know when people were letting words get in their way. Now I like the words to disappear, like a transparent curtain.

Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity In least speak most, to my capacity.

Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.

Forget Jack, I'm in love with the cold, dirt floor.

I love... anything in black and white. Just put it on the TV, I'll watch.

The nicest gifts are those left, nameless and quiet, unburdened with love, or vanity, or the desire for attention.

And she thought what a clean, simple life she would have led if it weren't for love.