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

Happiness is gleaned from a source, which can be attributed to all experiences; it can be found wherever the individual does not mind forfeiting the option, for some sense of control.

…pretention is very close to stupidity and that simplicity has a less visible but still gratifying aspect.

It is to our own detriment that we underestimate the might of small and simple things.

Irony of the world is that it wants to simplify the complexity and complicate the simplicity.

Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple.

Freedom is the realization that it is sufficient to simply be a human being.

A movie that gets closer to the life’s reality of the society finds always more words of mouth publicity in entirety.

What is 34 in Reality, anyway?

Everything seems simpler from a distance.

If you are a warrior, decency means that you are not cheating anybody at all. You are not even about to cheat anybody. There is a sense of straightforwardness and simplicity. With setting-sun vision, or vision based on cowardice, straightforwardness is always a problem. If people have some story or news to tell somebody else,...

Sounds simple, doesn’t it, this notion of simplicity? Simple things done simply by a simple person. But it’s not as simple as it seems.

Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.

As I am both lazy and forgetful, I can’t take proper care of too many things. That’s why I want to cherish properly the things I love.

Why use long words when short ones will do? Not all readers have been to college or university.

Amidst the crowd, tumbling like a stone, although lying on the roads, I’m but a life.

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

It is so dam difficult to be simple.

Simplicity is ultimately a matter of focus.

Your purpose is simply what you do each day.

A man’s high success requires a key; but his happiness needs personality to be low-key

My mathematics is simple: one plus one = one.

It’s simple, it’s not that simple; or life is simple, but the things in it are not. When a man does not understand it, he tends to inflate it. When he does, he tends to deflate it. In the end, neither images are fully accurate.

Beauty is not in complexity but it’s in simplicity.

I was a let-er-goer and she was a hanger-on-er, but that doesn’t mean I don’t lean into her territory every once in a while.

Like all magnificent things, it’s very simple.

[Tea-masters] have given emphasis to our natural love of simplicity, and shown us the beauty of humility. In fact, through their teachings tea has entered the life of the people.

In simplicity there is truth.

It was a simple thing. All terror is a simplicity. (“Interval In Sunlight”)

The core of beauty is simplicity.

What I look for in music is artistry, sincerity, and simplicity, and Tom Waits has all of that. I want to make a connection to the creator.

Praise be to God I’m not good,And have the natural egotism of flowersAnd rivers following their bedPreoccupied without knowing itOnly with blooming and flowing.This is the only mission in the World,This—to exist clearly,And to know how to do it without thinking about it.)

It is a tremendous gift to simply and truly listen to another.

People think the Bible is too complicated for the average person to understand. People tend to be wrong. It’s too complicated for the unsaved person, yes, it’s foolishness to him. But for those who are in Christ, it’s a magnificent journey of simplicity. Depth, richness, but simplicity. It’s the fact that the natural man can’t...

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

As time moves on the line will blur. It will no longer seem to be the simplicity of good versus evil, but good versus fools who think they are good.

Virtue is under certain circumstances merely an honorable form of stupidity: who could be ill-disposed toward it on that account? And this kind of virtue has not been outlived even today. A kind of sturdy peasant simplicity, which, however, is possible in all classes and can be encountered only with respect and a smile, believes...

The easiest way to combat greed is by recognizing the value of contentment and simplicity.

The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don’t.

The most agreeable of all companions is a simple, frank man, without any high pretensions to an oppressive greatness; one who loves life, and understands the use of it; obliging alike at all hours; above all, of a golden temper and steadfast as an anchor. For such an one we gladly exchange the greatest genius,...

You’re a clever strategist, but not all battles require tricks. Sometimes the simplest way to kill something is to swim up to it and bite it in half.

Austerity, if I were to define, I’ll say, It’s YOU.

If we have a simple existence, we shall feel how happy and how fortunate we are. There are some people who are of the opinion that simplicity is almost tantamount to stupidity. But simplicity and stupidity are like the North Pole and the South Pole. One can be as simple as a child and, at...

Something good happened to my writing when stopped being afraid to do something simple, for the fear that people might think I couldn’t do something more complex. Don’t be confused by the word simple. Simple is not easy, it is clear voiced, and fearlessly elegant.

Jesus was a man for simple people. He didn’t make his messages incredibly complex. If you were a person that had the eyes to see and the ears to hear… then his message was easily understood.

It’s stupid, but it’s human, and that’s how it is.

Practice giving things away, not just things you don’t care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size of a gift, it is its quality and the amount of mental attachment you overcome that count. So don’t bankrupt yourself on a momentary positive impulse, only to regret it later. Give thought...

A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.”(Analects 4.9)

that he live in all respects so compactly and preparedly that, if an enemy take the town, he can, like the old philosopher, walk out the gate empty-handed without anxiety.

She never had much in this life, but with the simplest things, she made her corner of the world as beautiful as any king’s palace. We may lack riches, but the greatest fortune is what lies in our hearts.