Quotes About Living A Simple Life

Living a simple life is a pursuit that many people aspire to. Here are 99 quotes about living a simple life to inspire you:

1. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

2. “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato

3. “The more you have, the more you are occupied. The less you have, the more free you are.” – Mother Teresa

4. “Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.” – Coco Chanel

5. “The simplest things are often the truest.” – Richard Bach

6. “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hofmann

7. “It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder

8. “A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with—that’s poverty—but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you’re clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it’s clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar.” – Victoria Moran

9. “Simplicity is the nature of great souls.” – Papa Ramadas

10. “Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” – Lao Tzu

11. “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hofmann

12. “The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.” – Steve Maraboli

13. “The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” – Muhammad Ali

14. “The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” – Socrates

15. “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

16. “The more you know, the less you need.” – Yvon Chouinard

17. “It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.” – Bruce Lee

18. “The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn’t simple.” – Doris Janzen Longacre

19. “Be a minimalist. It’s the least you can do.” – Unknown

20. “The simplest things in life are often the most meaningful.” – Unknown

21. “A simple life is good with me. I don’t need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I’m happy.” – Yanni

22. “Simplicity is the key to brilliance.” – Bruce Lee

23. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Clare Boothe Luce

24. “Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.” – Paul Rand

25. “The art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Henry Ellis

26. “I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” – Lao Tzu

27. “The best things in life are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

28. “Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.” – George Sand

29. “To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.” – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

30. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Steve Jobs

31. “Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.” – Edwin Way Teale

32. “It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.” – Amelia Barr

33. “The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.” – Steve Maraboli

34. “We need much less than we think we need.” – Maya Angelou

35. “The more you have, the more you have to worry about.” – Katharine Hepburn

36. “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hofmann

37. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

38. “Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.” – Coco Chanel

39. “Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.” – Charles Dudley Warner

40. “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato

41. “The goal of life is not to possess power, but to radiate it.” – Henry Miller

42. “The more you know, the less you need.” – Yvon Chouinard

43. “Simplicity is the essence of happiness.” – Cedric Bledsoe

44. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Clare Boothe Luce

45. “The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.” – Henry Ward Beecher

46. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

47. “The best things in life aren’t things.” – Art Buchwald

48. “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumbnail.” – Henry David Thoreau

49. “Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication.” – Alex Garland

50. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

51. “To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.” – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

52. “Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.” – Philip James Bailey

53. “The more you have, the more you have to worry about.” – Katharine Hepburn

54. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Clare Boothe Luce

55. “With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy.” – Lope de Vega

56. “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hofmann

57. “Simplicity is not the absence of clutter, that’s a consequence of simplicity. Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product. The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That’s not simple.” – Jonathan Ive

58. “Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.” – Coco Chanel

59. “I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” – Lao Tzu

60. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Clare Boothe Luce

61. “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.” – E.F. Schumacher

62. “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato

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