Quotes about Simplicity

to put it as philosopher-poet Ralph Waldo Emerson did, "To be simple is to be great.

Isabel Moore aptly stated, "Life is a one-way street. No matter how many detours you take, none of them leads back. And once you know and accept that, life becomes much simpler.

Material handouts are a poor substitute for love and understanding. People don't need more things—they need more tenderness

The larger the group, the simpler the communication needs to be.

I will build a motorcar for the multitude. It will be large enough for the family but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one—and enjoy with his family the blessings of hours of pleasure in God's great open spaces.

As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children. John Adams

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

The best design is the simplest one that works.

Always remember the essence of Christian holiness is simplicity and purity: one design, one desire: entire devotion to God.

Americans are a very backward people, with all the real virtues of a backward people; the patriarchal simplicity and human dignity of a democracy, and a respect for labor uncorrupted by cynicism.

If you are left with only one piece of homespun,wear it with dignity