Quotes about Simplicity

All that a Christian does, even in eating and sleeping, is prayer, when it is done in simplicity, according to the order of God, without either adding to or diminishing from it by his own choice.

Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only.

The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will our prayer become.

We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs.

If your life is rushing in many directions at once, you are incapable of the kind of deep, unhurried prayer that is vital to the Christian walk.

The key to prayer is simply praying.

Purity is the fruit of prayer.

Prayer can be simple, but it's not easy. Nothing great is.

The fewer the words the better the prayer.

What can I tell you, except the stupid little I know?

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

I shall conclude with a saying of Alponsus, surnamed the Wise, King of Aragon - that among so many things as are by men possessed or pursued in the course of their lives, all the rest are baubles, besides old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to converse with, and old books to read!