Quotes About Simplicity

There's no question of your working out the entire future of the Galactic Empire, you know. You needn't trace out in detail the workings of every human being or even of every world. There are merely certain questions you must answer: Will the Galactic Empire crash and, if so, when? What will be the condition of humanity afterward? Can anything be done to prevent the crash or to ameliorate conditions afterward? These are comparatively simple questions, it seems to me.

Finished products are for decadent minds.

Así de sencillo.

Il modo più semplice di risolvere un problema è negare che esista.

But I don't want more things than I need, either.

La riqueza envilece el alma, complica la existencia y engendra infelicidad, sostenía.

Para ellos la Santa Tierra provee, la gente toma lo necesario y agradece, no toma más y no acumula; el trabajo es incomprensible, puesto que no hay futuro.

People come and go, and even the closest members of the family eventually disperse. It's useless to cling to anybody or anything because everything in the universe tends toward separation, chaos, and entropy, not cohesion. I have chosen a simpler life, with fewer material things and more leisure, fewer worries and more fun, fewer social commitments and more true friendship, less fuss and more silence.

Qué simple es la vida, al final de cuentas...

Daniel's natural, understated happiness, like the happiness of cats

He optado por una vida simple, con menos cosas materiales y más tiempo ocioso, menos preocupaciones y más diversión, menos compromisos sociales y más amistad verdadera, menos bochinche y más silencio.

I'm fine here, Lenny. I'm discovering who I am without all my ornaments and accessories. It's quite a slow process, but a very useful one. Everybody ought to do the same at the end of their life. If I had any self-discipline I would beat my grandson to it and write my own memoirs. I have time, freedom, and silence, the three things I never had amidst all the noise of my earlier life. I'm preparing to die.

Consciente de que se requiere una gran ligereza para desprenderse del suelo, echó todo por la borda, se deshizo de sus bienes terrenales y eliminó sentimientos y deseos superfluos, quedándose sólo con lo esencial, escribió unas cuantas cartas y por último se tendió en su cama para no levantarse más.

La base del budismo es la compasión hacia todo lo que vive o existe. Dijo que cada uno debe buscar la verdad o la iluminación dentro de sí mismo, no en otros o en cosas externas. Por eso los monjes budistas no andan predicando, como nuestros misioneros, sino que pasan la mayor parte de sus vidas en serena meditación, buscando su propia verdad. Sólo poseen sus túnicas, sus sandalias y sus escudillas para mendigar comida. No les interesan los bienes materiales

New Zealand is such a down-to-earth place.

The zeitgeist tells us that we 'should' prefer dark chocolate much the same as we should prefer wine, coffee, and whiskey with flavor profiles that run toward the extreme. But sometimes I just want to eat something accessible and enjoyable without embarking on a cerebral tasting exercise.

My feeling or philosophy is closer to Taoism and Zen Buddhism, 'cause it's the most practical.

There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen.

One thing I like about Zen. It doesn't believe in achievement.

A significant event for me was learning Hank Williams, reconnecting with his music's simplicity, which inspired me to inhabit the same territory. It's different, because I grew up on Led Zeppelin, The Stooges and punk, so in that sense I'm mutating country and folk more than a few degrees.

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.

Consumers have zero time for products that are not simple, intuitive, and attractive to use. This is especially true with Internet products, where clean and useful design is a prerequisite to keeping anyone on your site for more than 30 seconds.

You get really scrappy when you're making things for zero dollars, and you just have to keep thinking like that. It's not like, 'Oh, we now have a little bit more money, let's do things differently.' If you just keep boiling it down to the simplest possible way to make it, I think that always ends up being the best.

I always have parmigiano-reggiano, olive oil and pasta at home. When people get sick, they want chicken soup; I want spaghetti with parmesan cheese, olive oil and a bit of lemon zest. It makes me feel better every time.