Quotes About Simplicity

The building was old. A more prosperous community would have torn it down years ago, but Ice Islanders just kept fixing it, making do. The prevailing attitude seemed to be that good teachers and not fancy buildings were the key to a solid education. A teacher needed books, a blackboard, chalk, and a classroom. Period. The function of the building was to keep the students warm and dry; anything else would be extravagant.

Why did we grow up? Things were so much simpler earlier. -Aarti

big emotions do not come from big words.

It does not require many words to speak the truth.

With few words one can speak the truth.

Even when tied in a thousand knots, the string is still but one.

Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things.

Today I'd like to sit and sip, Forget about the world a bit, Ignore the things I have to do, And just enjoy a cup or two.

Tea is the symbol of and antidote to civilization.

Most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior... Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense. There is no mystery about disease, nor crime, nor war, nor the thousand and one things which plague us. Live simply and wisely.

I never use colors. Black and white are all I need. Most of my clothes are black and white, too. I suppose the most flamboyant color in my wardrobe is dark brown.

My dear boy... anybody can be good in the country.

There is indeed scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and delighted himself and his reader with the melody of birds, the whisper of groves, and the murmur of rivulets...

Life is so much clearer under the stars than under a roof.

Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.

Being a person is getting too complicated. Time to be a unicorn.

A great deal has been written and said and sung in praise of green trees. And yet there are comparatively few green trees that are good to eat. Asparagus is probably the best of them, though celery is by no means to be despised.

Ripe 'sparagrass, Fit for lad or lass, To make their water pass: O, 'tis pretty picking With a tender chicken!

His quick brain, wise in the ways of women, endeavoured to riddle her attitude and just failed. Was she very deep, or very simple?... her fascination almost thrilled him.

As to the Adjective: When in doubt, strike it out.

Your lean process should be a lean process.

Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.

With innovation and technology, seems we have forgotten to cherish the true beauty the world has to offer.

I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least — and it is commonly more than that — sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.