Quotes About Simplicity

Maybe, in the end, that's all that love was—doing the hard thing. Not roses and valentines and walks on the beach, but simply being present, day after ordinary day. The extraordinary romanticism of ordinary life. But

Incapaz de tolerar por más tiempo la frivolidad sin sentido de la vida de palacio, decidió dedicar su vida al cultivo del espíritu. Una noche abandonó el palacio, se deshizo de su ropa y sus adornos y se convirtió en un mendigo.

Bless me so that I may have nothing to do but practice Dharma.

For me, the release was a spot in time with no past and no future. Just the extraordinary simplicity of a moment— the kind of moment that has a funny way of making a person believe that life and love can last forever.

We didn't want to be presidents, or astronouts, or Bill Gates. We had pathetically simple dreams: to do meaningful work that we could be proud of, to be together, and to be happy. That certainly wasn't too much to ask. Or was it?

Falling in love shouldn't be hard work. It should be effortless.

Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.

When I was growing up, Dr. Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work that really hit me.

Grace is so simple to understand and yet so hard to grasp.

Life was invented for kids. But then we all grow up, and society imposes filters that block the joy of silliness and sponging up pointless little things that make childhood the magic time for which it is widely known.

Americans tend to overanalyze. Like during the space race, NASA spent fifty thousand dollars developing a zero-gravity pen that didn't skip. Know what the Russians did? Pencil. Think about

There's only one thing holding America back from realizing her full glory. Ready? You want to write this down? No? Okay, here it is: We need to stop taking ourselves so seriously.

I still remember the first acronym I learned, BLUF: Bottom Line Up Front. I still try to communicate that way. No reason to dance around getting to the point.

Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.

Making noise is easy; making stuff people understand is an easy thing to do.

I don't read newspapers or watch the news on TV, deliberately to avoid the noise.

Some of the happiest people I know have none of the things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy.

I don't cook fancy every day. I don't think anybody can, nor would it be very good for you.

I am not so complicated or intelligent a composer, nor am I very interested in becoming so. I am much more happy doing what I know I can do than what I am not sure I could do.

It's lame to say that I'm a normal girl, but I think I am.

I'm a normal girl. I don't go out much, and I don't know what is enjoyment.

I just want to have a normal life.

I have a normal life; I don't do anything crazy.

In my normal life I don't walk around with make-up. I'm just a mum at a dance school.