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I don't need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me.
Sep 16, 2025
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
How many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real key to the heart.
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.
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.
The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
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.
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.
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.
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
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.
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.
To simplify complications is the first essential of success.
Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.
If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, This is the best season of your life.
Live simply so that others may simply live.
Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.
Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.
That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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.
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common - this is my symphony.
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.
The best things in life aren't things.
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
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.
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on Simplicity.
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.
I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he must omit. When the mathematician would solve a difficult problem, he first frees the equation of all incumbrances, and reduces it to its simplest terms. So simplify the problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real. Probe the earth to see where your main roots run.
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
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