Simple Life Quotes

“I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
― Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally

“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring — these are some of the rewards of the simple life.”
― John Burroughs, Leaf and Tendril

“Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.”
― Dean Koontz

“I’m a simple man without a lot of complicated twists and turns. Look down my throat and you can see out my ass.”
― Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem

“It is desirable that a man be clad so simply that he can lay his hands on himself in the dark, and that he live in all respects so compactly and preparedly that, if an enemy take the town, he can, like the old philosopher, walk out the gate empty-handed without anxiety.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

“The greatest challenge in life is to be our own person and accept that being different is a blessing and not a curse. A person who knows who they are lives a simple life by eliminating from their orbit anything that does not align with his or her overriding purpose and values. A person must be selective with their time and energy because both elements of life are limited.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“There had to be something wrong with my life. I should have been born a Yugoslavian shepherd who looked up at the Big Dipper every night.”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

“Life is as simple as these three questions: What do I want? Why do I want it? And, how will I achieve it?”
― Shannon L. Alder

“...there are often many things we feel we should do that, in fact, we don't really have to do. Getting to the point where we can tell the difference is a major milestone in the simplification process.”
― Elaine St. James, Living the Simple Life: A Guide to Scaling Down and Enjoying More

“Well, all I need is the air I breathe and a place to rest my head.”
― OneRepublic, OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud Piano, Vocal and Guitar Chords

“Haven't you ever thought of living
unconsciously like bears, sniffing the earth,
close to pears and the mossy dark,
far from human voices and fire?

- On İbrahim Balaban's Painting "Spring"”
― Nâzım Hikmet, Poems of Nazım Hikmet

“God can take the ordinary and create the extraordinary. Our incredible God has the power to transform your simple life and give you the life of your dreams. Remarkable things happen in your life when you believe.”
― Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush

“The worst kind of hoarding is keeping money stashed inside lockers or bank accounts, to use it God knows when. It’s not simple living, but extreme insecurity.”
― Abhaidev, Notes from the Edge of Sanity

“I'm not going to be wearing a single piece of jewelry tonight. I was born a Tung, and I have nothing to prove to anyone.”
― Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians

“Potatoes have much more staying power than caviar.”
― Mark Helprin, Freddy and Fredericka

“It is a deep and quiet tragedy of our time that the sacred has been exiled from the ordinary. That the holy has been placed on high shelves, reserved for sanctuaries and ceremonies, far removed from the steaming of a teacup, the folding of laundry, the brushing of a child’s hair. But this is not how it has always been. Nor is it how it must be.”
― Alma Camino

“I'll tell you what, there's nothing wrong with serving just corn on the cob and sliced tomatoes for dinner in summertime. Go out to Dairy Queen afterward and sit at their picnic table and eat your ice cream and watch everybody else eat theirs and you will have had yourself a day.”
― Elizabeth Berg, Life: A Love Story

“Most expensive clothes I own cost 20 dollars, most expensive devices I own cost 200 dollars. Born to a factory worker, I never knew luxury, then I made me a name, but saw the world's condition, I grew an absolute repulsion to lifestyle luxurious.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“I wear the same casual outfit everywhere, pair of jeans with a shirt or tshirt - people wear fancy clothes either to look and feel good, or impress others, I have no need for either, so I walk like beggar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“In English we say: the best things in life are free. In Naskarian we say: abundance without awareness causes sickness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Gold had many admirers, though Doha himself was not one of them. Too many allowed it to occupy the space inside their chests. He didn’t understand it. For a metal, it was pretty weak and unimpressive. And as currency, he’d only ever longed for enough. His father had worked his body broken so that they might have it. Doha did not think excess was worth his father’s misery. Still, as he beheld how the light reflected on the surface, he simply couldn’t help but be taken with its simple beauty.”
― Molly Collier, The Paragon

“Abundance without awareness causes sickness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“A little sunshine, the song of birds, and a warm cup of coffee—these are the things that bring me peace.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“Then she sat, just for a few minutes, on the sagging bench by the memorial garden and thought about how lucky she was. She might not have much in her world, but she had everything she needed.
The Midnight Bakery”
― Emma Davies

“Thoát khỏi cuộc sống phức tạp và hãy nương náu trong cuộc sống đơn giản. Bạn sẽ tìm thấy ba kho báu ở đó: Cơ thể khỏe mạnh, tâm trí thanh thản và một cuộc sống tránh xa những kẻ ngu ngốc đầy tham vọng.”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The more ordinary we live our life, the more extraordinary we become in time.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“[Disappointments and Delights]

The greatest disappointments of life were these:
that freedom is a lie,
and that choosing one's chains wisely
matters far more
than chasing every illusion.
That family and kin
are merely a biological accident,
one that may bless us
or betray us.
That life is not short,
as people claim,
but unbearably long
for those who understand the game.
That there is no friend
in times of hardship,
for hardship itself
is the only constant companion.
And the loveliest delights of life were these:
the smell of fresh bread,
a drink of water,
the depth of a single word,
the taste of a ripe fig.
The silence of nature
and its music.
And the scent of a Damask rose
drifting unexpectedly past,
in the very depths
of despair.

9 March 2023”
― Louis Yako, سرطان في كل مكان [Cancer Everywhere]

“My dignity drinks with me
a cup of coffee, with sugar and milk,
in a bathrobe.

My dignity, this day,
neither adds to nor subtracts from
the dignity of any other.

My dignity, this one day,
closes its ledgers.

Its luxury, this day, is coffee, sugar, and milk.
Is having enough to want nothing.”
― Jane Hirshfield, Ledger: Poems

“My Wonder

That it is one-half degree centigrade.
That I eat honeydew melon
for breakfast.
That I look out through the oval window.
That I am able to look out through an oval window.”
― Jane Hirshfield, Ledger: Poems

“These days, I believe
In everything. That you and I
Are real. That this room,
This simple life
Have gone on
And will go on.”
― Tracy K. Smith, The Body's Question