Quotes About Simplicity

Oh, and I almost forgot to say, Neighbour Berlingot's little girl actually did get well, when her brother brought her the beautiful bird in his cage. Did I hear someone ask whether the bird had changed colours, and really was blue ? Well, if Tyltyl and Mytyl's joy and happiness gave him a magnificent blue plumage, isn't that enough? Without knowing it, these gentle children had discovered Light's great secret, which is that we draw nearer to happiness by trying to give it to others!

Have we," asks Claude de Saint-Martin, the great 'unknown philosopher,' "have we advanced one step further on the radiant path of enlightenment, that leads to the simplicity of men?" Let us wait in silence: perhaps ere long we shall be conscious of "the murmur of the gods.

Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them.

I spend my happiest hours in reading Vedantic books. They are to me like the light of the morning, like the pure air of the mountains - so simple, so true, if once understood.

What else was Diogenes of Sinope seeking for than the true enjoyment of life, which he discovered in having the least possible wants?

You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults, only better.

My mother has told me once and for all the useful parts. She will add nothing unless powered by necessity, a riverbank that guides her life. She plants vegetable gardens rather than lawns; she carries the odd-shaped tomatoes home from the field and eats food left for the gods.

There are no wizards and no spells. Just men and women and money and the earth the way it always was.

It doesn't matter. I love you. That's it. That's all. I hope to hell it's enough.

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.

The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.

Did love really require grand gestures? Wasn't true love to be found in the little things, like holding one's hand or sitting comfortably around a gentle fire?

Bilo mi je lijepo, bio sam gotovo sre?an. Zurio sam u blistavu vodu, satima, i puštao da mi preko ruke prelazi obli talasi?, dragaju?i me, kao da je živ stvor. I to je bilo sve što sam htio, sve što sam želio.

Mahmutova žena je blagoslov božji, ali ne znam da li bih bio zadovoljan da je Tijana kao ona. Možda bi mi smetalo kad bi bila tako jednostavna. Možda je Tijanina osjetljivost znak i bolest punije misli i življeg osje?anja. Bol i misao oduzimaju nam bezbrižan smijeh.

?ak ni navika, ubica svih pravih zadovoljstava, nije mogla da ih opustoši, jer je nemaština bez poniženja o?uvala u njima mladala?ku draž uživanja u lijepim stvarima bez koristi.

Ovo je drugi svijet, dalek i nerazumljiv. U?inili su, i gotovo! U?inili su, i šta treba o tome pri?ati? Mi prosti ljudi volimo da sladimo i preživamo ono što doživamo. Oni djeluju i zaboravljaju.

Najteže je objasniti ono što je najjednostavnije.

A simple lifestyle gives you freedom. An expensive lifestyle enslaves you. Create a simple lifestyle, regardless of how much money you earn. Simple living will remove unnecessary demands on your life and free your mind to make the right choices. Simplicity will reduces your stress and make you happier

Complexity is a sign of intelligence. Simplicity is a sign of wisdom

Just the gardener….

That was it. I never bothered filling in the details. The details didn't matter.

Life's pleasures were so simple, really. It was all a matter of appreciating what you had - and knowing that things could always be worse.

Just the act of sleeping beside someone you liked to be with. Maybe that was love.

A child just wants to love her parents and to be loved, and it seems like it should be simple to do that, but sometimes it's not.