Quotes About Simplicity

If we examine the poems of Thérèse of Lisieux at all, they reveal themselves richer than we first thought. And this is the problem with her poetry: We have to go beyond the simple style, which is naturally and deliberately artless—as is fitting for a "Carmelite poem"—to discover the treasures it conceals.

Teresa no entiende la santidad como una serie de obras que tenemos que ejecutar o vicios que extirpar. Su planteamiento es más sencillo. Se trata de «ser lo que Dios quiere que seamos» (MsA 2vº) en cada momento y situación.

Lo principal que descubre Santa Teresita es que a Dios no se le conquista. A Dios, se le acepta. Él se da. «Él se quiere reservar para sí la dulzura de dar» (C 121). A nosotros nos toca respetarle, aceptarle desde nuestra pequeñez y debilidad. Nuestra misión es la de ser sencillos e insignificantes como «una gotita de rocío». Para llenar esta misión es «necesario permanecer sencilla».

you must be always as a drop of dew hidden in the heart of this beautiful Lily of the valley ... One must be so little to draw near to Jesus, and few are the souls that aspire to be little and unknown. ... Our Beloved needs neither our brilliant deeds nor our beautiful thoughts. ... The Lily of the valley asks but a single dewdrop, which for one night shall rest in its cup, hidden from all human eyes.

Thérèse de Lisieux

Clarity of writing usually follows clarity of thought. So think what you want to say, then say it as simply as possible.

Frugality should ever be practised, but not excessive parsimony.

Spectacular cases are usually simpler, and less interesting, than they initially appear.

Most of the men had simple souls. They could relate facts, but they said very little about what they dimly felt.

We can cherish the quiet moments. We can live day to day." Enid

Pop-Tarts would be nice. Pop-Tarts and Tang.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child — our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.

Many of our churches have become cluttered. So cluttered that people have a difficult time encountering the simple and powerful message of Christ. So cluttered that many people are busy doing church instead of being the church.

Clarity is the ability of the process to be communicated and understood by the people.

To be simple is to be great. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some churches are not clear on a ministry process because they do not have one. Others have one, but it is too complex. It is too complicated, too long, or too confusing. The process is ineffective because it cannot be understood. Without understanding, commitment wanes. Understanding always precedes commitment.

El enfoque es el compromiso a abandonar todo to que queda ficera del proceso ministerial simple. El enfoque con frecuencia implica decir "no>>. El enfoque exige que se diga > a todo lo demas.

Las Iglesias simples abandonan todo lo que esta fuera del proceso simple porque amenaza con robar la atencion y la energia de lo que ha sido determinado como necesario. Los eventos, las actividades y los programas fuera del proceso hacen que las personas avancen en multiples direcciones. La falta de enfoque conduce a la dispersion.

Hans Hofmann, en Manhattan. Incluso instruy6 en el arte al padre de Robert Ike Niro. Cierta vez este hombre declar6 que si uno quiere que prevalezca lo necesario, debe deshacerse de lo innecesario.

Predicadores, lean la siguiente oracion: no alcanza solo con hablar de la vision o del proceso ministerial desde el pulpito. El proceso simple debe transmitirse en las reuniones y alrededor de la mesa. Cuando la gente ve que no se trata simplemente de <

La conclusion: la espiritualidad de comida rapida no es saludable. Es ma's, el enfoque al ministerio cada vez mas amplio y mas rapido mata nuestras iglesias. La respuesta adecuada: mantenerse enfocado en el proceso simple. Decir no a todo lo demas.

And true love waits In haunted attics And true love lives On lollipops and crisps