Quotes About Simplicity

Better bread with water than cake with trouble.

But the place which you have selected for your camp, though never so rough and grim, begins at once to have its attractions, and becomes a very centre of civilization to you: "Home is home, be it never so homely."

Camping: The art of getting closer to nature while getting farther away from the nearest cold beverage, hot shower, and flush toilet.

We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven.

After all, cats are the only untamed pets that we have. You cannot tame a cat.

Paws carry heart and fur, Whiskers and vibrato purr.

A nudist is simply a human being without artificial additives.

Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

Don't let house or garden climb on your back and stick there. And unclutter your mind from any idea that you have to do a thousand things before other people do them.

Stuffocation: being overwhelmed by the stuff one has bought or accumulated.

I have found that the temple of the undistracted mind must be housed in an uncluttered environment. A basement or garret is invaluable, but they, too, must be uncluttered, even though they hold many essential things used only occasionally...

The emotional weight of clutter crushes our souls and our lives.

Self-reflection is the first step to decluttering because it's not about the stuff.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common-sense and plain dealing. All great actions have been simple...

It is in an old kitchen that the best food is made.

There's something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking a couple of cows before breakfast that gives you a life-long respect for the price of butter and eggs.

Buy what thou hast no Need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries.

Who recalls when folks used to git along without somethin' if it cost too much?

What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.

Oh! dear to memory are those hours When every pathway led to flowers; When sticks of peppermint possessed A sceptre's power o'er the breast, And heaven was round us while we fed On rich ambrosial gingerbread.

Childhood is that wonderful time of life when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath.

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man...

It is not worth the while to live by rich cookery.