Quotes About Simplicity

Humanity must stop indulging the desire for material possessions and personal gain and move instead toward spiritual awareness.

If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all.

By contrast, everyone can have a good life according to the Cynics, but few of us are inclined to spend it living in a tub and defecating in the streets.

If you can design one thing, you can design everything.

Almost all the great American graphic designers have used white space as the significant silence to better hear their message loud and clear.

Las mentes simples casi siempre yerran en sus juicios

El mayor refinamiento es la mayor simplicidad

The highest wisdom is sometimes found in the lowest people.

Not knowing the name of the tree, I stood in the flood of its sweet scent.

Old pond — frogs jumped in — sound of water

Chrysanthemum Silence - monk Sips his morning tea.

An old silent pond... A frog jumps into the pond, splash! Silence again.

A bush-warbler, Coming to the verandah-edge, Left its droppings On the rice-cakes.

Poor boy - leaves moon-viewing for rice-grinding.

To talk casually About an iris flower Is one of the pleasures Of the wandering journey.

Sparrow, spare the horsefly dallying in flowers.

Even badly drawn a morning glory will be charming

Under the cherry/blossom soup/blossom salad.

55. Yellow rose petals/thunder-/a waterfall 65. Butterfly-/Winds curve into white poppy. 67. First winter rain-/I plod on,/traveler my name. 75. Wake butterfly-/it's late, we've miles/to go together. 93. Peony-/the bee can't bear to part. 94. Has it returned,/the snow/we viewed together? 95. No moon, no flowers, no friend-/and he drinks sake, 96. Unknown spring-/plum blossom/behind the mirror. 136. Wintry day,/on my horse/a frozen shadow.

Sparrows in eaves, mice in ceiling - celestial music.

Poverty's child - he starts to grind the rice, and gazes at the moon.

Simple ideas often make the strongest memes.

My chest got this weird feeling, like when you stare into the eyes of a little baby and the baby looks back up at you and you can feel how pure and innocent it is, so much that it makes your stomach feel empty - probably 'cause you realize you used to be pure like that, too, and now you're not.

The ultimate mark of skillful running is the ability to run with minimal mental effort.