Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
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.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
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.
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.
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life.
If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, This is the best season of your life.
Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyous words in the language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying.
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.
Live simply so that others may simply live.
The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain common work as it comes certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things of life.
To be always ready a man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied.
Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
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.
The simplest things are often the truest.
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