Quotes About Simplicity

My dwelling is but a rustic cottage, but still I should like you to see, at least, the pretty mountain streamlet which waters my garden.

It is too simple to say that if you avoid kitsch you avoid empire but it is a good start. It is more accurate to say that while kitsch does not necessarily imply empire it is one of its accompaniments.

My thatched hut; the whole sky Is its roof The mountains are its hedge, And it has the sea for a garden. I'm inside with nothing at all, Not even a bag, And yet there are visitors who say " It's hidden behind a bamboo door" — Muso Soseki

Naivety is a nightly sleep bandage.

A philosopher is a man in the street who speaks the same street language. He has to speak from personal experience and try to make simple spirits understand his way of life.

By wanting less, you'll have more time on your sleeves. Only by wanting more, will you end up wasting your precious time on things that don't matter in life.

Even the idea of evolution doesn't explain nature—Simply, because it's based on turning simplicity into complicated things.

The beauty of the quote is not to overthink it, but to compress your present thoughts into one line.

The judge also must behave like a little child, in order to make sense out of a senseless case.

The philosophers of the past and in our generation, have long argued that the only way to eliminate poverty is by wanting less.

The secret to motivation is to limit your options, having one single goal in mind.

There's no need to lower or raise yourself above the things that you are not. Live according to your ability. Be true to yourself and your own nature.

Life is too short to waste time on things that don't matter. Focus on what truly makes you happy.

Honramos y celebramos nuestra complejidad y nuestra simplicidad haciendo continuamente cinco cosas. Contamos historias. Realizamos rituales. Creamos belleza. Trabajamos en comunidades. Meditamos en creencias.

Simplicity is a great virtue, but oversimplification can actually be a vice, a sign of laziness.

If you desire ease, forsake learning.

You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's gotta taste good. The concept's gotta taste good.

If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall.

I love you,"she said simply. honestly, forever. "You make the idea of forever a journey into adventure rather than a thing to be endured.

Y Jess? No tengo necesidad de construir imperios y dinastías. Solo quiero construir un hogar contigo. - Galen

The Smile on the Face Innocent

[T]he Truth lies in a bowl of tea.

Just Enough Soil for legs Axe for hands Flower for eyes Bird for ears Mushrooms for nose Smile for mouth Songs for lungs Sweat for skin Wind for mind

Home at last, and my little ranch house looks mighty plain, but it is home to me and I am glad to see it.