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Quotes About Simplicity

No phone. No pool. No pets. No cigarettes. Ultimate freedom... No longer to be poisoned by civilization, he flees, and walks alone upon the land to become Lost in the Wild.
~ Christopher McCandless
Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal... I've decided that I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up.
~ Christopher McCandless
When I'm out on a long run," she continued, "the only thing in life that matters is finishing the run. For once, my brain isn't going blehblehbleh all the time. Everything quiets down, and the only thing going on is pure flow. It's jus time and the movement and the motion.That's what love--just being a barbarian, running through the woods.
~ Christopher McDougall
Ask nothing from running and you'll get more than you ever imagined
~ Christopher McDougall
You could literally halt epidemics in their tracks with this one remedy," he said. He flashed two fingers up in a peace sign, then slowly rotated them downward till they were scissoring through space. The Running Man. "So simple," he said. "Just move your legs. Because if you don't think you were born to run, you're not only denying history. You're denying who you are.
~ Christopher McDougall
E atat de simplu. Trebuie doar sa-ti misti picioarele. Pentru ca, daca nu intelegi ca te-ai nascut pentru a alerga, nu-ti negi doar istoria, iti negi propria fiinta.
~ Christopher McDougall
Your foot is perfectly happy molding itself around rocks. All you've got to do is relax and let your foot flex. It
~ Christopher McDougall
I've butchered my own chickens, milked my own goats, and ridden in Amish buggies, and believe me, when it comes to meals and daily commutes, you need only one go-round with those experiences to appreciate how nice it is to have machines take all the gore, udders, and manure off your hands.
~ Christopher McDougall
Running isn't about making people buy stuff. Running should be free, man.
~ Christopher McDougall
When I'm out on a long run," she continued, "the only thing in life that matters is finishing the run. For once, my brain isn't going blehblehbleh all the time. Everything quiets down, and the only thing going on is pure flow. It's just me and the movement and the motion. That's what I love—just being a barbarian, running through the woods.
~ Christopher McDougall
So simple," he said. "Just move your legs. Because if you don't think you were born to run, you're not only denying history. You're denying who you are.
~ Christopher McDougall
Ask nothing from your running, in other words, and you'll get more than you ever imagined.
~ Christopher McDougall
Ultrarunners had no reason to cheat, because they had nothing to gain: no fame, no wealth, no medals. No one knew who they were, or cared who won their strange rambles through the woods.
~ Christopher McDougall
Caballo was content to just sit alone under a tree, smiling and sipping a beer,
~ Christopher McDougall
Practica la abundancia mediante la generosidad», y «Mejora tus relaciones personales», y «Demuestra que posees un sistema de valores íntegro». La dieta recomendada por Vigil era igual de escueta, deportiva o científicamente hablando. Su estrategia de nutrición para un aspirante a maratonista olímpico era: «Come como si fueras una persona pobre».
~ Christopher McDougall
The greatest poem ever known Is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, Of being only four years old.
~ Christopher Morley
A good book ought to have something simple about it. And, like Eve, it ought to come from somewhere near the third rib: there ought to be a heart beating in it. A story that's all forehead doesn't amount to much.
~ Christopher Morley
He had no responsibilities, not even a motor car, for his tastes were surprisingly simple. If he happened to be spending an evening at the country club, and a rainstorm came down, he did not worry about getting home. He would sit by the fire and chuckle to see the married members creep away one by one. He would get out his pipe and sleep that night at the club, after telephoning Fuji not to sit up for him.
~ Christopher Morley
There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.
~ Christopher Morley
The truth is always simpler than you can imagine.
~ Christopher Pike
How little he needs. Just love. More love. — Christopher Wiseman, from "Bedside Manners," Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems , eds. Phyllis Cole-Dai & Ruby R. Wilson (Grayson Books, 2017)
~ Unknown
Perhaps, just perhaps, you're there. How little he needs. Just love. More love. — Christopher Wiseman, from "Bedside Manners," Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems , eds. Phyllis Cole-Dai & Ruby R. Wilson (Grayson Books, 2017)
~ Unknown
Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity.
~ Christopher Zeeman
El sonido del agua dice lo que pienso. Su mente está libre de todo pensamiento. Su proceder es sereno y silencioso. Su frente reluce con sencillez. Es frío como el otoño y cálido como la primavera, porque su goce y su ira se suceden tan naturalmente como las cuatro estaciones.
~ Unknown