Quotes about Simplicity

The more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered, and the easier repaired when disordered . . . Absolute governments, (tho' the disgrace of human nature) have this advantage with them, they are simple; if the people suffer, they know the head from which their suffering springs; know likewise the remedy; and are not bewildered by a variety of causes and cures.

Some of the happiest people I know have none of the things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy.

To become a happy person have a clean soul, eyes that see romance in the commonplace, a child's heart, and spiritual simplicity.

The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine ... Try this for a week and you will be surprised.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.

Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated.

Life is simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

And that would be my life. And I would be happy.

Across the yard, brilliant against the façade of pines beyond, a cardinal shot like a drop of blood.

I would rather sit still in a state of peace on a stone than ride in the motor-car of a multi-millionaire and feel the peacelessness of the multi-millionaire poisoning me.

She found such ecstasy looking at the soap bubbles and sparrows that she closed her book with these words: " 'Dear Lord,' I whisper, 'Our Father in Heaven, I thank Thee. I thank Thee.' " Imagine thanking God because you can wash dishes and see rainbows in bubbles and sparrows flying through the snow!