Best 83 quotes in «simple life quotes» category

I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.

In no order of things is adolescence the time of the simple life.

Life was meant to be happy.

Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.

Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity.

I've always led a pretty simple life, with few extravagances. The money in tennis never drove me.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

Pain never really goes away; you just elevate and get used to it by growing stronger.

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

Simplicity is indeed often the sign of truth and a criterion of beauty.

The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.

The Simple Life is not a simple life.

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

The biggest human temptation is... to settle for too little.

To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

All great men had simple beginnings.

When something is missing in your life, it usually turns out to be someone.

And even childhood was no good any more—not the way it was. No worry then but how to find a good stone, not round exactly but flattened and water-shaped, to use in a sling pouch cut from a discarded shoe. Where did all the good stones go, and all simplicity?

Be grateful for what you have and you will always have enough.

Contentment is joy of life.

Declutter your mind, your heart, your home. Let go of the heaviness that is weighing you down. Make your life simple, but significant.

We love to live a simple life... we simply love the life we live though some would say it's hard.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.

Daring faith; daring life. Daring life; graceful living. Graceful living; fullness of life.

Don’t waste you energy to compare your life with others.

For the modern solitary, the quest for silence has vastly broader boundaries than what one's predecessors faced. Solitude is real only when it is relative to the world in which it is lived. It is unreal if attempted in fantasy--as though telephones and fax machines, the Internet and E-mail did not exist. (36)

God can take the ordinary and create the extraordinary. Our incredible God has the power to transform your simple life and give you the life of your dreams. Remarkable things happen in your life when you believe.

Happiness is a great contentment.

If you do not tell me, I don’t wish to know.

Happiness is not defined by how much money you possess.

If we could eliminate the concept of town and return to live in small villages, all world problems were solved.

If you want to know if someone is lying to you, start by living a truthful life. Once you live in the truth, you will not be easily deceived.

I have spent many an hour, when I was younger, floating over its surface as the zephyr willed, having paddled my boat to the middle, and lying on my back across the seats, in a summer forenoon, dreaming awake, until I was aroused by the boat touching the sand, and I arose to see what shore my fates had impelled me to; days when idleness was the most attractive and productive industry. Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly

I may not have riches but I have great life.

I think nothing is good, I really think it is.

Don’t make your life complicated. Adapt to every circumstance.

If I should sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I am sure that for me there would be nothing left worth living for. I trust that I shall never thus sell my birthright for a mess of pottage. I wish to suggest that a man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.

I have a few thoughts to share with all of you: Life is truly beautiful in simplicity. When we lead a simple life we achieve an unknown happiness - a happiness that surpasses any other form of happiness. And "Forest Gump" has always been one of my all time favorite movies in life. So I yearn to lead a life like that of Forrest Gump! For me my ideal is Forrest Gump. Hope I live up to my ideal.

I have spent many an hour, when I was younger, floating over its surface as the zephyr willed, having paddled my boat to the middle, and lying on my back across the seats, in a summer forenoon, dreaming awake, until I was aroused by the boat touching the sand, and I arose to see what shore my fates had impelled me to; days when idleness was the most attractive and productive industry. Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly; nor do I regret that I did not waste more of them in the workshop or the teacher's desk.

In no order of things is adolescence the time of simple life.

I thought that nothing enormously bad or good had happened to me during my life. All the normal things had occurred. I had lived a completely unremarkable life. I wanted only my home, and the love and safety of those around me, nothing else. I knew there was no particular reason why I was put on this earth, but here I was and I was glad to be here, awed by the beauty of it. It was a perfect moment. (p.99)

it turns out we were some people which has been chosen by God to be happy in a different way # beggars

Live by your own sacred standard.

Live a simple life. Enjoy life and be happy.

Living life with contentment is the greatest well-being.

Looking out at the lake, drinking good tea. That's his only luxury. And what an enormous luxury that was.

Life is all about what's happening now, dont wait for tomorrow- Keep it simple - MB

Love is something huge You’ll find out that Even if there were revolution in the whole wide world Still somewhere on green grass Lovers would have time to hold hands And lean their heads towards one another.

Man of simple life envies the man of complex life and man of complex life envies the man of simple life! The solution is simple: Let them taste the lives they envy. And thus the envy will disappear; it will replace with the truth!