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Quotes About Simplicity

A poor child knew what it meant to be poor. We didn't ask for much, and sometimes we didn't even ask.
~ Unknown
Nothing can be gained by extensive study and wide reading. Give them up immediately.
~ D?gen
If only I may grow: firmer, simpler — quieter, warmer.
~ Dag Hammarskjold
In the point of rest at the center of our being, we encounter a world where all things are at rest in the same way. Then a tree becomes a mystery, a cloud a revelation, each man a cosmos of whose riches we can only catch glimpses. The life of its simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.
~ Dag Hammarskjold
If you become deadlocked,return to the prime point.
~ Daisaku Ikeda
Life is as beautiful as a daisy :)
~ Unknown
We must go for a day in the country and when surrounded by the gay twittering of the birds and the smell of the cows I will lay my suit at her feet and he waved his arm wildly at the gay thought.
~ Daisy Ashford
Just tell the story!
~ Unknown
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
~ Dalai Lama
To seek solitude like a wild animal. That is my only ambition.
~ Dalai Lama
If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements. And finally, there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.
~ Dalai Lama
This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.
~ Dalai Lama
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples my philosophy is kindness.
~ Dalai Lama
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple the philosophy is kindness.
~ Dalai Lama
Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall enjoy everything." It
~ Dale Ahlquist
Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.
~ Dale Carnegie
One reason why birds and horses are happy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.
~ Dale Carnegie
One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.
~ Dale Carnegie
Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see a bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and hoses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.
~ Unknown
Life is getting more complicated, but it seems the more artificially complex man's affairs become, the more he yearns for the fundamentals, the things of earth." The "boom in birds," Peterson concluded, "seems to be an antidote for the pressures and artificialities of the modern world.
~ Unknown
Public speaking is very easy.
~ Dan Quayle
Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
~ Dan Quayle
Microinteractions are an exercise in restraint, in doing as much as possible with as little as possible. Embrace the constraints and focus your attention on doing one thing well. Mies van der Rohe's mantra of "less is more" should be the microinteraction designer's mantra as well.
~ Unknown
Mies van der Rohe's mantra of "less is more" should be the microinteraction designer's mantra as well.
~ Unknown