Life quotes to make your
living simpler
If you’re feeling stuck or like you’ll never be able to make the change, I want you to know you’re not alone. Changing old habits takes time, repetition and persistence. Getting started is the toughest part. Once you make a dent, you’ll soon find the process becomes easier. Simple life quotes can sometimes provide inspiration and motivation.
Let these simple life quotes encourage and inspire you. Sometimes we make our lives difficult. May these quotes remind you to enjoy the simple things that life offers.
“I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.” – Albert Einstein
“Slow is not synonyms with easy. Unbusy does not mean stagnant. Simple can feel rather complicated at times. And life surprises us if we let it.”
“Leading a simple life doesn’t make you look poor, rather it sets an example for rich people to stay humble.”
“A simple life is its own reward.”
“Peace and prosperity can be attained by living a simple life.”
“It’s 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 elements. – Dalai Lama
“I want to live a simple life without stress or worry. I don’t need a lot of stuff. I just want to be happy.”
“Happiness is letting go of what you assume your life is supposed to be like right now and sincerely appreciating it for everything that it is. At the end of this day, before you close your eyes, smile and be at peace with where you’ve been and grateful for what you have. Life is good.” – Angel Chernoff
“Life is complicated process. It’s you who can make it simple and find happiness all along.”
“Live simply so that others may simply live.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hafmann
“Simplicity of living, if deliberately chosen, implies a compassionate approach to life. It means that we are choosing to live our daily lives with some degree of conscious appreciation of the condition of the rest of the world.” – Duane Elgin
“Simplifying isn’t just about making the exterior of your life look neat and tidy. It’s also about getting honest about the mess and clutter of your internal life.”
“Live a simple life; you will own the most beautiful treasure of the world.” – Mehmet Murat ildan
“Simplicity involves unburdening your life, and living more lightly with fewer distractions that interface with a high quality life, as defined uniquely by each individual.” – Linda Breen Pierce
“Don’t wait for things to get easier, simple, better. Life will always be completed. Look for small opportunities for happiness in the moment you are in right now. Otherwise, you might run of time. We can’t often choose our circumstances, but we can better control our reactions and emotions. Choose small moments of joy.”
“Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.” – Charles De Lint
“Simplicity of living, if deliberately chosen, implies a compassionate approach to life. It means that we are choosing to live our daily lives with some degree of conscious appreciate of the condition of the rest of the world.” – Duane Elgin
“Simple life is a happy life.”
“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
“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
– Laura Ingalls Wilder
“Make things as simple as possible but no simpler.” – Albert Einstein
“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
“The simple life on the farm was everything to me. Nothing was more relaxing after a long plane flight than to reach the winding driveway that led up to my house. The quiet of the night was more soothing than a sleeping pill.”
– Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
“The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn’t simple.”
– Doris Janzen Longacre
“Lead a simple life. First reduce your greeds. Then reduce your needs.”
“Best rule for a simple life…
Care with no reason, love with no expectation.” – Ritu Ghatourey
“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
“It is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and preparedly that if an enemy take the town… He can walk out the gate empty-handed and without anxiety.” – Henry David Thoreau
“I want to live simply, to work honestly, to love completely and to date mightily, so that when I die, my children, will know that I died empty, and well satisfied.” – Doug Robinson
“That’s been one of my mantras-focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” – Steve Jobs
“The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.”
– Steve Maraboli
“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.” – Paramahansa Yogonanda
