Quotes About Simplicity

For some people, small, beautiful events are what life is all about.

The more you try to simplify things the more you complicate them. You create rules, build walls, push people away, lie to yourself and ignore true feelings. That is not simplifying things.

Nobody who says as little as he does is as simple as you'd think. It takes a lot to not say a lot, because when you're not talking, you're thinking, and he thinks a lot . My mum and dad talked all the time. Talkers don't think much; their words drown out any possibility of hearing their subconscious asking, Why did you say that? What do you really think?

Children understand...things far better. Adults always make things so complicated.

You showed me that doing simple things are all you need as long as you're doing them with someone who wants to be with you.

Some things are better left the way they are

ali oduvijek sam se nadala da su šutljivi ljudi upu?eni u magiju i znanja koja nedostaju manje suzdržanim ljudima, da to što negovore zna?i da im se glavom motaju važnije misli. Možda njihova prividna jednostavnost krije tajni mozaik zamršenih misli

It is almost a cliche to hear people talking about 'slowing down' but it is true. I have slowed down and through slowing, I see so much more.

We don't always have to do something, we don't always have to create memories; sometimes it's just enough to simply remember. Today, these are the things that I remember.

But I like labels," she admitted. "They make everything so much clearer." Her sister Bree always told her she liked things to be wrapped up too neatly, and that part of the point of life was its messiness, its refusal to be wrapped up. Brett always took the advice with a grain of salt—it was probably Bree's excuse for a messy room, or for breaking up with boys she'd dated without actually telling them.

In nature, a dog's life is very simple. Because dog's realities are formed primarily by the senses, they live moment by moment, and everything is focused on what they need to survive [...] Dogs do not worry about the future or dwell on the past. They exist in the moment, which can be something very difficult for humans to understand, especially with the stresses of modern life.

As the water pounded on my back, I reflected that I must be pretty simple. It didn't take much to make me happy. A long night with a dead guy had done the trick.

Life had sure been simpler when I hadn't dated.

You want to own your own life," Eric said. "As much as anyone can." "Just when I think you're very simple, you say something complex," Eric said. "Are you complaining?" I tried to smile, failed. "No.

Simple answers don't hurt.

JB's mind is like an open book with maybe two words per page.)

I'm just a lad who likes playing football. I'm not bothered about anything else.

I haven't changed, I'm still the same lad who lives at home with my mam, brother and sister.

People with big ideas worry. They lie awake at night and fret as they try to climb up the social or financial ladder. They probably feel proud of themselves for what they've achieved, but I'm proud of the fact that I've done very little - and hence have little to worry about - and I've still got somewhere.

It's really weird because my house is very ornate, but my writing lair is very, very blank. It's white, the furniture is white. It gives me nothing to look at, so I just have to concentrate!

It would be nice to live off the land and fix cars.

I'm just a simple kid from Brooklyn who landed into the most enchanted lifestyle imaginable.

The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and formalism.

For me, true luxury can be caviar or a day with no meetings, no appointments and no schedule.