Quotes About Simplicity

He who possesses virtue in abundanceMay be compared to an infant.

Stop thinking, and end your problems.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

[The sage] never strives himself for the great, and thereby the great is achieved.

One may know the world without going out of doors.One may see the Way of Heaven without looking through the windows.The further one goes, the less one knows.Therefore the sage knows without going about,Understands without seeing,And accomplishes without any action.

He who knows enough is enough will always have enough.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

The best man is like water. Water is good it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao.

The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial they abide with realities, they remain not with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold.

The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom He knows himself but does not display himself He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.There is no greater guilt than discontentment.And there is not greater disaster than greed.

To have little is to possess.To have plenty is to be perplexed.

Doing some late-night home improvements, my man? (...) For what it's worth, I never had any use for that froufrou French shit, either." - Tegan

My mom didn't use face cream, like, nothing at all. She's got great skin and looks very youthful.

While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.

If you can't describe your strategy in twenty minutes, simply and in plain language, you haven't got a plan.

You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination.

My main skills are talking and cooking biscuits,' Augustus said. 'And getting drunk on the porch.

Go small, go simple, go now

Especially in the modern world, where everybody is so impressed with variety and complexity, so desperate to be entertained, it is a relief to settle into this simple repetitive act.