Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
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.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
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.
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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.
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.
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.
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 wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.
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.
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
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