Quotes about Simplicity
the beholding of Him, and generally of all His works. For they are full good; and all His doings are easy and sweet,
— Julian of Norwich
Less is only more where more is no good.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
You will find Goodness and Truth everywhere you go. If you have to choose, choose Truth. For that is closest to Earth. Keep close to the Earth, ...: in that lies strength. Simplicity of heart is just as necessary for an architect as for a farmer or a minister if the architect is going to build great buildings.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
I've decided that if I had my life to live over again, I would not only climb more mountains, swim more rivers, and watch more sunsets; I wouldn't only jettison my hot water bottle, raincoat, umbrella, parachute, and raft; I would not only go barefoot earlier in the spring and stay out later in the fall; but I would devote not one more minute to monitoring my spiritual growth. No, not one.
— Brennan Manning
Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their way through the world, they bear wordless, prophetic witness.
— Brennan Manning
The kingdom belongs to people who aren't trying to look good or impress anybody, even themselves. They are not plotting how they can call attention to themselves, worrying about how their actions will be interpreted or wondering if they will get gold stars for their behavior.
— Brennan Manning
Faith means you want God and want to want nothing else.
— Brennan Manning
For the disciple of Jesus, being like a child means accepting oneself as being of little account, unimportant.
— Brennan Manning
It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to control people than to love people, easier to own life than to love life.
— Henri Nouwen
The good word of the Lord with which we must nourish is the simple doctrine of the gospel. We need not fear either simplicity or repetition.
— Henry B. Eyring
As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
— Henry David Thoreau
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
— Henry David Thoreau