Simplicity Quotes
I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility.
He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride.
The Master, by residing in the Tao, sets an example for all beings.Because he doesn't display himself, people can see his light.Because he has nothing to prove, people can trust his
that he live in all respects so compactly and preparedly that, if an enemy take the town, he can, like the old philosopher, walk out the gate empty-handed without anxiety.
The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.”(Analects 4.9)
If we would aim at perfection in any thing, simplicity must not be overlooked.
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
It is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and preparedly that if an enemy take the town... he can walk out the gate empty-handed and without anxiety.
Poor food and water for dinner, a bent arm for a pillow – that is where joy resides. For me, wealth and renown without honor are nothing but drifting clouds.
I am thinking by what long discipline and at what cost a man learns to speak simply at last.
I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone best both for the body and the mind.
Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do it is not perfect and they sigh for more and lose better things in struggling for them.
Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple and the simple thing is the right thing.
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed- it is a process of elimination.
Simplicity simplicity simplicity! I say let your affairs be as two or three and not a hundred or a thousand. ... Simplify simplify.
All the great things are simple and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom justice honor duty mercy hope.
The art of art the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters is simplicity: nothing is better than simplicity.
Grow in the root of all grace, which is faith. Believe God's promises more firmly than ever. Allow your faith to increase in its fullness, firmness, and simplicity.
Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
I’ve learnt to gather simplicity from grasshoppers. I like their naive indecisive minds never knowing exactly when to stop chirping, and I envy their ability to be able to mingle with the green…
It could be said of him that while others chased the mirage of happiness, he was happy with being content.
The love and hope that we are born with is what keeps us relentlessly moving toward joy. We get the most happiness from the simplicity of being devoid of wants and needs.
Despite all our amazing ability, ingenuity, technology and industry humans are the one species who have not mastered the art of simplicity.
Not all things that are simple are all that simple. Certain simple things carry complex weight!
When we have simplicity we have so much more freedom in every single aspect of our lives. Maybe it's a classic case of less is more? Less stress, less worries, more time, more happiness.