Quotes about Simplicity

Though [Jesus'] words were profound, they were plain. His words were weighty, yet they shone with a luster and simplicity of statement that staggered His enemies.

Men and women who give [Christ] first place find that there is no need for anxiety about this world's goods.

The happiest people I know are separated followers of Jesus Christ. They are not dependent on artificial stimulants. They do not resort to sick, dirty jokes. They do not abuse their bodies to relax their minds.

Truth is easier for a child to handle than evasiveness.

Too many times we are concerned with how much, instead of how little, like this [world] we can become.

It is better to live on the housetop than live in a house full of confusion' well, not a quote off of a book, but still my favourite.

I haven't written my own epitaph, and I'm not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will be simple, and that it will point people not to me, but to the One I served.

There is nothing terribly difficult in the Bible - at least in a technical way. The Bible is written in street language, common language. Most of it was oral and spoken to illiterate people. They were the first ones to receive it. So when we make everything academic, we lose something.

They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.

I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.

I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, nature would no longer be enameled with lovely hues. And so it is in the world of souls, Our Lord's living garden.

I say nothing to him I love him