Quotes about Simplicity

Oh thrice and four times happy those who plant cabbages!

Preach with authority. The authority for us is the Word of God. Preach with simplicity . . . Preach with urgency . . . heaven and hell are at stake. Preach for a decision.

We say to our children, "Act like grown-ups," but Jesus said to the grown-ups, "Be like children".

Jesus made everything so simple and we have made it so complicated. He spoke to the people in short sentences and everyday words, illustrating His messages with never-to-be forgotten stories.

Though [Jesus'] words were profound, they were plain. His words were weighty, yet they shone with a luster and simplicity of statement that staggered His enemies.

Men and women who give [Christ] first place find that there is no need for anxiety about this world's goods.

The happiest people I know are separated followers of Jesus Christ. They are not dependent on artificial stimulants. They do not resort to sick, dirty jokes. They do not abuse their bodies to relax their minds.

Truth is easier for a child to handle than evasiveness.

Too many times we are concerned with how much, instead of how little, like this [world] we can become.

It is better to live on the housetop than live in a house full of confusion' well, not a quote off of a book, but still my favourite.

I haven't written my own epitaph, and I'm not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will be simple, and that it will point people not to me, but to the One I served.

There is nothing terribly difficult in the Bible - at least in a technical way. The Bible is written in street language, common language. Most of it was oral and spoken to illiterate people. They were the first ones to receive it. So when we make everything academic, we lose something.