#simplicity

"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art."

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."

"The love and hope that we are born with is what keeps us relentlessly moving toward joy. We get the most happiness from the simplicity of being devoid of wants and needs."

"Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.I like to work, read, learn, and understand life."

"The point of simple living, for me has got to be:A soft place to landA wide margin of errorRoom to breatheLots of places to find baseline happiness in each and every day"

"I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes."

"Free yourself from the complexities of your life! A life of simplicity and happiness awaits you."

"People who pride themselves on their "complexity"and deride others for being "simplistic"should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth."

"It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials."

"Learning isn't acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired."

"I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself."

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

"Even so, I’m somebody.I’m the Discoverer of Nature.I’m the Argonaut of true sensations.I bring a new Universe to the UniverseBecause I bring the Universe to itself."

"Ask a true scientist a very profound question on his science, and he will besilent. Ask a true religious person a very simple question on his religion, and he will be frenzied."

"It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are."

"Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments."

"The meditative mind sees disagreeable or agreeable things with equanimity, patience, and good-will. Transcendent knowledge is seeing reality in utter simplicity. (146)"

"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."

"Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art."

"They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple."