Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn't simple.
It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.
The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
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.
Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.
Live simply that others might simply live.
The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.
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