20 Inspirational Quotes on Simplicity

What do you think of when you think of simplicity? Maybe it is –

• the “Less in More” concept by Andrea del Sarto,
• “Don’t use a lot where a little will do.” – Proverb, or
• the KISS Principle – Keep it Simple, Stupid (I prefer Keep it Simple, Sweetheart).

Whatever it is for you, I hope the following 20 quotes on simplicity can inspire you.

20 Inspirational Quotes on Simplicity

• “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” ~ Confucius
• “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
• “The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” ~ William James
• “Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.” ~ Martin H. Fischer
• “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” ~ Hans Hofmann
• “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” ~ William Morris
• “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
• “There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.” ~ Leo Tolstoy
• “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.” ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
• “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” ~ Albert Einstein
• “Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things will be yours.” ~ Swedish proverb
• “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say let your affairs be as one, two, three and to a hundred or a thousand. We are happy in proportion to the things we can do without.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
• “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ~ Lao Tzu
• “Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” ~ Albert Einstein
• “A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” ~ Lao Tzu
• “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” ~ Robert Brault
• “Simplicity is the essence of happiness.” ~ Cedric Bledsoe
• “The way to happy – keep your heart free from hate, your mind free from worry, live simply, expect little, give much.” ~ Carol Borges
• “Great acts are made up of small deeds.” ~ Lao Tzu
• “He who is contented is rich.” ~ Lao Tzu

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