Quotes About Simplicity

And then it was all so simple and natural. As if they both knew what to do without thinking-as if they'd always known what to do.

Me llamas, yo vengo. Así de fácil

After all," Anne had said to Marilla once, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.

Anne laughed. "I don't want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you.

Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive.

Great things only require to be simply told, for they are spoiled by emphasis; but little things should be clothed in lofty language, as they are only kept up by expression, tone of voice, and style of delivery.

Happy the man who lives at home, making it his business to regulate his desires.

The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet;In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.

I am very boring, but it has allowed me to survive better than other people. If you don't drink, you don't smoke, and you don't do drugs, and you're not missing it and never even wanted it, and you sleep for seven hours. I tell you, life is quite pleasant.

How hard the believers make it to get into heaven, I thought, when they have all this right here.

We are real people with real feelings and we're not evil or mean. Take Ron for instance, he is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet and if you talked to him you'd see that instantly. I mean the guy is just super smart and super sweet and nice but nobody wants to talk about how goddamn normal we all are. We raise our kids and love our families and get our mail and wash our cars and do everything else that you or your wife do. It's really not as far out as people think.

I don't know many rules to live by," he'd said. "But here's one. It's simple. Don't put anything unnecessary into yourself. No poisons or chemicals, no fumes or smoke or alcohol, no sharp objects, no inessential needles—drug or tattoo—and… no inessential penises, either.

Some things are always simple. Magnets, for example.

No metas en tu cuerpo cosas innecesarias. Nada de venenos ni productos químicos, tampoco gases, tabaco o alcohol, ningún objeto afilado ni agujas prescindibles (drogas o tatuajes) y, por supuesto…, ningún pene innecesario.-Brimstone

the simplicity of it filled her with warmth. They had looked for her, and found her; she wasn't alone, after all.

Non introdurre dentro di sé niente che non sia necessario. Niente veleni o sostanze chimiche, nessun vapore o fumo o alcol, nessun oggetto tagliente, nessun ago che non sia essenziale – droga o tatuaggio – e… nemmeno peni che non siano essenziali.

prepared for them. He would talk as they washed and dried and put the dishes away. He would talk and then not talk as they lay, later, for hours entire entwined. Zorrie slept in sweet, shallow bursts. Some nights, when she woke or couldn't sleep, the walls fell away and the coming day unfurled before her. Lying there listening to the crickets, she could feel the corn against her waist and wrists, the tangled beans against her ankles. The wet

Cultivate simplicity ... or rather should I say banish elaborateness, for simplicity springs spontaneous from the heart, and carries into daylight with it its own modest buds, and genuine, sweet, and clear flowers of expression.

The beauty of modesty ... a virtue the world doesn't have much truck with: one ordinary flower in a vase, as opposed to a bouquet.

My natural tendency is to complicate everything--and then to spray words and ideas onto everything afterwards. I've had to develop the habit of keeping things simple.

Do you have a lot of other profound thoughts like that? Blood is blood? A toaster is a toaster? A Gelatinous Cube is a Gelatinous Cube?

Life is full of risks. Death is much simpler.