Quotes About Simplicity

The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.

Vista dall'esterno, la mia esistenza era scheletrica; vista dall'interno ispirava quello che ispirano gli appartamenti il cui unico mobilio è una biblioteca sontuosamente stracolma di libri: l'ammirazione gelosa per chi non si sovraccarica del superfluo e trabocca del necessario

Craiceann a shníonn go gléineach thar do ghéaga mar bhainne á dháil as crúiscíní am lóin is tread gabhar ag gabháil thar chnocáin do chuid gruaige cnocáin ar a bhfuil faillte arda is dhá ghleann atá domhain. (Leaba Shíoda)

The world is wonderful, she said. All its little things. It is wonderful.

It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are.

It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.

Gerçekte, büyük bir ya? fark?m?z yok; ben de okuyup yazm?? bir ki?i say?l?r?m. Ne var ki, insanlar aras?ndaki fark, böyle basit ölçülerle de?erlendirilemez. Bunu biliyorum.

Senin i?in bir bak?ma kolayd? babac???m. Birçok ?eyi yok sayarak belirli bir düzen içinde ya?ad?n. Sinemaya gitmedin. Hiç roman okumad?n. Zeytinya?l? enginar yemedin. Yabanc? ülke özlemi çekmedin. Kimseye hediye almad?n. Evde ku?konmazdan ba?ka bitki yeti?tirmedin.

Biz çocuk kalm?? bir milletiz. Çünkü her ?eye çocuk gibi sevinir, çocuk gibi üzülürüz her ?eye.

Pluralitas non ponenda est sine necessitate

Les savants ne les comprennent pas et, la plupart du temps, ils les méprisent, parce qu'ils ont trop d'orgueil… Pour aimer les vers, il suffit d'avoir une âme… une petite âme toute nue, comme une fleur… Les poètes parlent aux âmes des simples, des tristes, des malades… Et c'est en cela qu'ils sont éternels… Sais-tu bien que, lorsqu'on a de la sensibilité, on est toujours un peu poète ?…

I'm trying to speak--to write-the truth. I"m trying to be clear. I'm not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them.

I'm trying to speak–to write-the truth. I"m trying to be clear. I'm not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them.

Everything is so soft here,' he said, 'so easy...' 'I know

If I get reincarnated…, I wanna become a clam.

The ideal lover of flowers is he who visits them in their native haunts, like Taoyuenming who sat before a broken bamboo fence in converse with the wild chrysanthemum, or Linwosing, losing himself amid mysterious fragrance as he wandered in the twilight among the plum-blossoms of the Western Lake. 'Tis said that Chowmushih slept in a boat so that his dreams might mingle with those of the lotus..

We classify too much and enjoy too little.

Uve?er promatram Veneru, podrobno pratim promjene te lijepe Gospo?ice. Više je volim kao ve?ernju zvijezdu, kada se pojavljuje niotkud, kao za?arana, i spušta za Suncem, Iskra vje?ne svjetlosti. Upravo u Sumrak zbivaju se najzanimljivije stvari, jer tada se zagla?uju jednostavne razlike. Mogla bih živjeti u vje?nom Sumraku." str. 48.

She often reflected on how her life had turned out, and she was coming to the conclusion that the truth was simple: men needed women more than women needed men.

I don't collect anything.

How will he get by in the desert without bowls and plates, without coal stoves, without carpets to lie down on with the little ones? Without his toilet, without the view from the window onto the square and the fountains with their crystal-clear water.

Czasami, gdy Cz?owiek do?wiadcza Gniewu, wszystko wydaje si? oczywiste i proste. Gniew zaprowadza porz?dek, pokazuje ?wiat w oczywistym skrócie, w Gniewie powraca te? dar Jasno?ci Widzenia, o który trudno w innych stanach.

She is happy, because she doesn't have a single thought in her head, a single care, a single expectation or hope. It's a good feeling.

The people aren't in a hurry, and don't compete against each other all the time. They don't go chasing after pipe dreams. They're happy with who they are and what they have.