- “What’s the most difficult thing you can do? Live simply. ‘Cause in order to be self-sufficient, you got to get well near everybody else to work for you.” ― M.C. Humphreys
- “Never own anything more than you absolutely need to get through life.” ― Marty Rubin
- “Why did they believe? Because they saw miracles. Things one man took as chance, a man of faith took as a sign. A loved one recovering from disease, a fortunate business deal, a chance meeting with a long lost friend. It wasn’t the grand doctrines or the sweeping ideals that seemed to make believers out of men. It was the simple magic in the world around them.” ― Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages
- I will not say yes when my heart says no. Courtney Carver
- “TO A GIRAFFE If it is unpermissible, in fact fatal to be personal and undesirable to be literal—detrimental as well if the eye is not innocent-does it mean that one can live only on top leaves that are small reachable only by a beast that is tall?— of which the giraffe is the best example— the unconversational animal. When plagued by the psychological, a creature can be unbearable that could have been irresistible; or to be exact, exceptional since less conversational than some emotionally-tied-in-knots animal. After all consolations of the metaphysical can be profound. In Homer, existence is flawed; transcendence, conditional; “the journey from sin to redemption, perpetual.” ― Marianne Moore, Complete Poems
- I don’t need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me. Linda McCartney
- “Quality depends on kindness. Beauty depends on simplicity. Joy depends on generosity.” ― Debasish Mridha
- “Already he knew that to overdo a thing is to destroy it.” ― elizabeth enright, The Four-Story Mistake
- I’m not impressed by your looks, money, social status or job title. I’m impressed by the way you treat other human beings. Jim Kwik
- “We are not what we own; we are what we do, what we think and who we love.” ― Francine Jay, The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life
- “When no place is home, everywhere is.” ― Fernando A. Torres
- “Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury – to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.” ― Albert Einstein
- “Be humble, be simple and focus on your work, not on your appearance.” ― Abhijit Naskar, Martyr Meets World: To Solve The Hard Problem of Inhumanity
- “My choice of a lighter lifestyle has brought me a greater sense of well-being. In a world that often seems stressful and chaotic, that’s a feeling I cherish.” ― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.
- “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.” ― Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living
- The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip. Wassily Kandinsky
- Complexity is impressive, but simplicity is genius. Lance Wallnau
- “When I eventually moved to a smaller home, it felt cozy, like having a pair of jeans that fit me just right—no wasted living space and no baggy fabric.” ― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.
- “The question is: do you want suffering or do you want peace? It’s that simple.” ― Donna Goddard, Waldmeer
- “Simplicity! He is as simple as a spider’s web.” ― Karen Essex, Pharaoh
- “I woke up early and took the first train to take me away from the city. The noise and all its people. I was alone on the train and had no idea where I was going, and that’s why I went there. Two hours later we arrived in a small town, one of those towns with one single coffee shop and where everyone knows each other’s name. I walked for a while until I found the water, the most peaceful place I know. There I sat and stayed the whole day, with nothing and everything on my mind, cleaning my head. Silence, I learned, is some times the most beautiful sound.” ― Charlotte Eriksson
- “Life is a continuous journey of transformation.” ― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantras
- Those who are wise won’t be busy, and those who are too busy can’t be wise. Lin Yutang
- Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. Henry David Thoreau
- Essentialism is the art of discerning between external noise and internal voice. Lawton Ursrey
- “Simplicity enables us to live lives of integrity in the face of the terrible realities of our global village.” ― Richard J. Foster, Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World
- “Simplicity of appearance can cause hindrance to success when you are poor. But the same simplicity is admired in a rich and successful person.” ― Shon Mehta, Stories Of Jivavarta
- “Grow in a way without losing much of our inner childlike deep senses embracing truthful, pure, simple relief of appreciation and gratitude.” ― Angelica Hopes, Landscapes of a Heart, Whispers of a Soul
- “Sometimes the simplest questions are the most devastating.” ― C.A.A. Savastano
- I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things in life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder