Quotes about Simplicity
The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity.
— George Eliot
I sought neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor was that Jesus Christ should reign.
— John Knox
When we hear people talk of riches, honors and amusements of the world, let us remember that all things have an end, and let us then say: My God, I wish for You alone and nothing more.
— Alphonsus Liguori
Some simple dishes recommend themselves to our imaginations as well as palates.
— Henry David Thoreau
The Indian's intercourse with Nature is at least such as admits of the greatest independence of each.
— Henry David Thoreau
True beauty lies in purity of the heart.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
— Albert Einstein
Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
— George W. Bush
Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along.
— Og Mandino
It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.
— Bruce Lee
Our life is frittered away by detail...Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let our affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand...Simplify, simplify!
— Henry David Thoreau
The further we go in Christ, the simpler we become, and the clearer our focus that Jesus is all.
— James Goll