One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
One should use common words to say uncommon things
It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
We had everything we needed. None of it was big. Most of it was simple. But what I knew in that moment was that the size of your home, your car, your wallet, doesn’t have one single thing to do with the size of your life. And my life...my life felt big, filled with love and with meaning.
A Writer is Actor, Creator, Director & Producer Of HIS Life. Ask ME anything.
The world was beautiful when looked at in this way - without any seeking, so simple, so childlike.
We must plant trees, grow gardens instead of lawns, ride bicycles when we can and support responsible local businesses over big brands.
The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes. They cannot sound otherwise to those who have not had the relevant experience: that is why there is no real teaching of such truths possible and every generation starts from scratch.
It is good to savour the simple wonders that the world has to offer.
Heart-warming 'snapshots' that are emblazoned in our soul, help keep us positive in the now and letting us embrace a more positive future ...those little 'snapshots of the heart' are what make life a priceless treasure...
Living simply makes loving simple.
Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.
I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
The point of simple living, for me has got to be:
A soft place to land
A wide margin of error
Room to breathe
Lots of places to find baseline happiness in each and every day
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
The greatest ideas are the simplest.
It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.
In simplicity there is truth.
People often associate complexity with deeper meaning, when often after precious time has been lost, it is realized that simplicity is the key to everything.
Like all magnificent things, it's very simple.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy
There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table.
Despite all our amazing ability, ingenuity, technology and industry humans are the one species who have not mastered the art of simplicity.
One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little
Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.
They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.
Small Moth...
She's slicing ripe white peaches
into the Tony the Tiger bowl
and dropping slivers for the dog
poised vibrating by her foot to stop their fall
when she spots it, camouflaged,
a glimmer and then full on-
happiness, plashing blunt soft wings
inside her as if it wants
to escape again.
Then on your tombstone, where you only get a little bit of space to sum up your life, some wax-faced creep chisels a set of meaningless numbers instead of poetry or a secret love or the name of your favorite candy.
In the end, all you get is a few words.
While the impostor draws his identity from past achievements and the adulation of others, the true self claims identity in its belovedness. We encounter God in the ordinariness of life: not in the search for spiritual highs and extraordinary, mystical experiences but in our simple presence in life.
Keep it simple and keep it real. The more basic we see our connection to God and Spirit, the easier it is to feel like you're a part of it.
A child of five could understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
It takes a long time to learn how to do something simple.
Ask a true scientist a very profound question on his science, and he will be
silent. Ask a true religious person a very simple question on his religion, and he will be frenzied.
The world becomes so much larger the smaller you live.
Creativity isn't meant to introduce complexity it is expected to add simplicity.
Simplicity, is the best city to live in...
If your looking to write a book, your creativity, originality and simplicity is what will distinguish you.
When you forget about the how, go back to the why.
Simplicity is complex. It's never simple to keep things simple. Simple solutions require the most advanced thinking.
Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves.
But I should not have to explain to you how important it is for science and simplicity to coexist. One must not fear to be a little child again, when times of wonder are at hand.
We all shuffle our own deck in life ... The deck is our brain, the cards are our thoughts, the results we get will determine if we are giving ourselves a fair deal. Do you have an authentic dealer?
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.
Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.
Simplicity leads to more sustained and cherishable success.
I strongly believe that success is directly proprotional to one's ability to be simple and comfortable. In fact, simplicity and comfort have a multiplication effect, thus increasing the chances of expedited and sustained success.
Success, just like poverty is a state of mind. You can become successful instantly with a simple decision and commitment. Long lasting and pronounced success comes to those who renew their commitment to a mindset of abundance every minute, hour and day.
You can become instantly successful with a simple thought, but long-lasting and pronounced success comes to those who renew their commitment to a mindset of abundance every minute of every hour of every day.
Simple works, complex fails.
Penny knew also she loved the country for its beauty. Cities could be magnificent, astounding, fantastic, but they were not consistently beautiful and simple. Penny liked uncomplicated beauty.
A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.
Without a little chaos life will be dull, unbeautiful, for we have been trained not to align with simplicity for too long.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, and out of that comes beauty. The more simple and beautiful from within we are, the more complete we become.
I suddenly asked my master Caeiro, “Are you at peace with yourself?” and he answered, “No, I’m at peace.” It was like the voice of the earth, which is everything and no one.
Water’s water and that’s why it’s beautiful.
It’s stranger than every strangeness
And the dreams of all the poets
And the thoughts of all the philosophers,
That things are really what they seem to be
And there’s nothing to understand.
The man stopped talking and was looking at the sunset.
But what does someone who hates and loves want with a sunset?
A row of trees far away, there on the hillside.
But what is it, a row of trees? It’s just trees.
Row and the plural trees aren’t things, they’re names.
Praise be to God I’m not good,
And have the natural egotism of flowers
And rivers following their bed
Preoccupied without knowing it
Only with blooming and flowing.
This is the only mission in the World,
This - to exist clearly,
And to know how to do it without thinking about it.)
All the evil in the world comes from us bothering with each other,
Wanting to do good, wanting to do evil.
Our soul and the sky and the earth are enough for us.
To want more is to lose this, and be unhappy.
If they want me to have mysticism, okay, I’ve got it.
I’m a mystic, but only in my body,
My soul is simple and doesn’t think.
If I talk about her like she’s a being
It’s because talking about her I need to use the language of men
Which gives personality to things,
And imposes a name on things.
Simplicity = Beauty (how things look) + Elegance (how things work)
Simplicity enables us to live lives of integrity in the face of the terrible realities of our global village.
If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it isn't. We can't compete, in simplicity, with people who are inventing religions. How could we? We're dealing with Fact. Of course anyone can be simple if he has no facts to bother about!
Wondrous as it is, how simple is this mystery! To love Christ and to know that I love Him-this is all!
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.
I've heard my teacher say, where there are machines, there are bound to be machine worries; where there are machine worries, there are bound to be machine hearts. With a machine heart in your breast, you've spoiled what was pure and simple; and without the pure and simple, the life of the spirit knows no rest.
Simplicity is all but nothing that's there.
Even so, I’m somebody.
I’m the Discoverer of Nature.
I’m the Argonaut of true sensations.
I bring a new Universe to the Universe
Because I bring the Universe to itself.
Sometimes in the evening on Summer days,
Even when there’s not a breeze at all, it seems
Like there’s a light breeze blowing for a minute
But the trees are unmoving
In every leaf of their leaves
And our feelings have had an illusion,
An illusion of what would please them...
The river of my village doesn’t make you think about anything.
When you’re at its bank you’re only at its bank.
Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.
Take a walk outside - it will serve you far more than pacing around in your mind.
Everything in excess Is opposed by nature.
She never had much in this life, but with the simplest things, she made her corner of the world as beautiful as any king's palace. We may lack riches, but the greatest fortune is what lies in our hearts.
It’s stupid, but it’s human, and that’s how it is.
No one is as simple as they may seem to be.
Make art and live simply.
Creativity is just an attraction to the second rate minds but simplification to the first rate minds.
Creativity means bringing simplicity to the existing.
History as well as life itself is complicated - neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.
Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another.
Most things that are true are simple. To lose weight, eat less than you burn. To reduce stress, find a job you love. To resolve conflict, be patient and peaceful. These are very, very simple in that they are complete concepts that take no more than a sentence to say. They are not, however, easy, because they must be applied consistently.
In your occupations, try to possess your soul in peace. It is not a good plan to be in haste to perform any action that it may be the sooner over. On the contrary, you should accustom yourself to do whatever you have to do with tranquillity, in order that you may retain the possession of yourself and of settled peace.
I beseech you, little brothers, that you be as wise as brother Daisy and brother dandelion; for never do they lie awake thinking of tomorrow, yet they have gold crowns like kings and emperors or like Charlemagne in all his glory.
A town teeming with life. Full to overflowing. And every day, the good people counted their blessings. Every single one…
I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity.
We have too many cellphones. We've got too many internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now.
Simplicity is the key to happiness.
Freedom is the realization that it is sufficient to simply be a human being.
The Amish are islands of sanity in a whirlpool of change.
Love the moment for its simplicity, it may give or take nothing from you, but in the blinking of an eye it will have change so many things forever.
Everything seems simpler from a distance.
When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity.
Life is a complex matter thrown into the hands of simple people.