Quotes about Simplicity

A Late Walk - A Tree beside the wall stands bare, But a leaf that lingered brown, Disturbed, I doubt not, by my thought, comes softly rattling down. I end not far from my going forth By picking the faded blue Of the last remaining aster flower to carry again to you.

THE PASTURE I'm going out to clean the pasture spring; I'll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water clear, I may): I sha'n't be gone long. — You come too. I'm going out to fetch the little calf That's standing by the mother. It's so young, It totters when she licks it with her tongue. I sha'n't be gone long. — You come too.

In three words I can sum up everything I've

Girls, sometimes I feel as if those exams mean everything, but when I look at the big buds swelling on those chestnut trees and the misty blue air at the end of the streets they don't seem half so important.

Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.

The genuine and simple religion of Jesus will one day be restored: such as it was preached and practiced by Himself.

Plain living and high thinking are no more. The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws.

In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love.

the unlearned, the outcasts, and the simple flocked to Him. They listened with wide-open hearts, and many trusted in Him. Virtually all His miracles were reserved for these people.

be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you're in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

To know what to leave out and what to put in; just where and just how, ah, that is to have been educated in knowledge of simplicity.

Prayer needs neither learning, wisdom or book knowledge to begin it. It needs nothing but heart and will.