Quotes About Simplicity

the grandeur of God reveals itself through simple things

On offre des fleurs parce que dans les fleurs se trouve le sens de l'Amour. Celui qui tente de posséder une fleur verra sa beauté se flétrir. Mais celui qui regarde simplement une fleur dans un champ la gardera pour toujours. Parce qu'elle va avec l'après-midi, le coucher du soleil, l'odeur de terre mouillée et les nuages sur l'horizon.

The need to complicate something whose very beauty lay in simplicity and passion.

People say strange things, the boy thought. Sometimes it's better to be with sheep who don't say anything at all.

die wahre Erfahrung von Freiheit: das Wichtigste auf der Welt zu haben, ohne es zu besitzen.

You see, during my pilgrimage it became increasingly apparent that I wasn't happy and I had to do something about it - stop making excuses. I realized that you don't have to jump through a series of complicated hoops to achieve a goal. You can just look at a mountain and get a connection with God; you don't have to understand the mountain to feel that.

Bí quy?t c?a h?nh phúc là bi?t ng?m nhìn m?i th? tuy?t m? trên th? gian này mà không h? quên hai gi?t d?u trên muá»—ng.

Giryas give the 'working class' answer to elitist weightlifting. You do not need expensive weights—an Ivanko barbell can cost as much as a motorcycle—platforms, and expert coaching. Just a 'people's' kettlebell, this book, and a few square feet of space.

It is not well for a man to know more than is necessary for his daily living.

Things are as bad and as good as they seem. There's no need to add anything extra.

One piece of advice that Don Juan gave to Carlos Casteneda was to do everything as if it were the only thing in the world that mattered, while all the time knowing that it doesn't matter at all.

It's very helpful to realize that being here, sitting in meditation, doing simple everyday things like working, walking outside, talking with people, bathing, using the toilet, and eating, is actually all that we need to be fully awake, fully alive, fully human.

As one student said, "Lower your standards and relax as it is.

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts.

Honestly, that is the best advice for life: no note cards.

The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.

You just can't fly when you're wearing socks, and shoes, and coats, and pants, and underwear. Everything has to go.

The secret of Zen is just two words: not always so. —SHUNRYU SUZUKI ROSHI

If you want to find the meaning, stop chasing after so many things.

We already have everything we need.

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

More words ain't good for anything in the world only to bring on more argument.

Meditation could be said to be the Art of Simplicity: simply sitting, simply breathing and simply being.

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.