984 Quotes About Simplicity

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

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.

Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with—that’s poverty—but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you’re clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it’s clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)

Simplicity is ultimately a matter of focus.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do not want society.