Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old simple life quotes, simple life sayings, and simple life proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
He who buys what he does not need steals from himself.Author Unknown
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Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do more, acquiring less so I can have more.John Kabat-Zinn
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That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.Henry David Thoreau
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Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.Charles De Lint
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Simplicity involves unburdening your life, and living more lightly with fewer distractions that interfere with a high quality life, as defined uniquely by each individual.Linda Breen Pierce.
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The intention of voluntary simplicity is not to dogmatically live with less. It's a more demanding intention of living with balance. This is a middle way that moves between the extremes of poverty and indulgence.Duane Elgin
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If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements.Dalai Lama
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One can furnish a room very luxuriously by taking out furniture rather than putting it in.Francis Jourdain
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We don't need to increase our goods nearly as much as we need to scale down our wants. Not wanting something is as good as possessing it.Donald Horban
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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.Henry David Thoreau
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Simplicity of character is no hindrance to the subtlety of intellect.John Morley
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Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.Thomas a Kempis
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Simplicity is indeed often the sign of truth and a criterion of beauty.Mahlon Hoagland
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Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have even lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor.Henry David Thoreau
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Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.Richard Halloway
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The more we simplify our material needs the more we are free to think of other things.Eleanor Roosevelt
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As we live and as we are, Simplicity -- with a capital 'S' -- is difficult to comprehend nowadays. We are no longer truly simple. We no longer live in simple terms or places. Life is a complex struggle now. It is now valiant to be simple: a courageous thing to even want to be simple. It is a spiritual thing to comprehend what simplicity means.Frank Lloyd Wright
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Seek simplicity, and distrust it.Alfred North Whitehead
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I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.Oscar Wilde
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Simplicity of character is no hindrance to the subtlety of intellect.John Morley
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When you are through changing, you are through.Bruce Barton
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Life is very simple. What I give out comes back to me. Today, I choose to give love.Louise Hay
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It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.Laura Ingalls Wilder
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.Socrates
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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple, the philosophy is kindness.Dalai Lama
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.Socrates
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When we love what is, it becomes so simple to live in the world. Because the world is exactly as it should be.Byron Katie
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The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.Thomas Moore
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If you can be content right now, then you'll always be content, because it's always right now.Willie Nelson
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Simplicity and Repose are qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.Frank Lloyd Wright