A collection of inspirational simplicity quotes that’ll show you the beauty of living a simple life and remind you to enjoy the small and little things.
We are often guilty of constantly wanting more. Always looking for new things to add to our lives.
Sometimes, you may even find yourself trying to make things harder and more complicated when in fact, there is an easier and simpler way or path to take.
I believe that appreciating simple things and learning to live a simple life is a vital key in achieving peace of mind and finding lasting happiness. It can give us a sense of calmness and contentment.
As cliche as this may sound, less can truly be more.
May these inspirational quotes about simplicity below inspire you to find the beauty and wonder in simple things and help you stop complicating life.
Simplicity Quotes and Sayings
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
— Frederic Chopin
What a small thing it seems, to walk with the one you love. To look forward to a day with them. I marvel at the simplicity of this moment. And I thank the skies for the miracle of it.
— Sabaa Tahir
If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.
— Albert Einstein
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
— Jeff Rich
Like all magnificent things, it’s very simple.
— Natalie Babbitt
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
— Henry David Thoreau
Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful.
— Kailash Satyarthi
Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.
— Lao Tzu
I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself.
— Bobby Brown
One should use common words to say uncommon things
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
— Isaac Newton
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
Comfort and simplicity are two keys that I follow when it comes to fashion.
— Fawad Khan
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
— Confucius
The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.
— Douglas Horton
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.
— Jack Kerouac
I have had to learn the simplest things last. Which made for difficulties.
— Charles Olsen
Motivational Simplicity Quotes
The expression of truth is simplicity.
— Seneca
Complex things are easy to do. Simplicity’s the real challenge.
— Robert James Waller
Everything you buy or own might not necessarily bring you value or meaning to your life. In fact, they might come in your way and distract you from the bigger picture. You will find that simplicity is always better than complexity.
— Summer Andrews
I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things in life which are the real ones after all.
— Laura Ingalls Wilder
A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things.
— Barbara Taylor Bradford
Simplicity is the soul of efficiency.
— Austin Freeman
To be richer, happier, and freer, all you need to do is want less.
— Francine Jay
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
— Coco Chanel
The more you have, the more you are occupied. The less you have, the more free you are.
— Mother Teresa
Simplicity is not style, it is a state of harmony.
— Naoto Fukasawa
People often associate complexity with deeper meaning, when often after precious time has been lost, it is realized that simplicity is the key to everything.
— Gary Hopkins
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 simplest things are often the truest.
— Richard Bach
Simplifying your life may not be as simple as it sounds but you will be able to simplify your life when you get clear and focus on what is most important to you.
— Donald Allen
I would rather own little and see the world, than own the world and see little of it.
— Alexander Sattler
Every solution to every problem is simple. It’s the distance between the two where the mystery lies.
— Derek Landy
When you begin to pursue simplicity and make different decisions than you used to make, people will inevitably take notice.
— Mike Burns
It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?
— Henry David Thoreau
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Inspirational Simplicity Quotes
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
— Robert Brault
Simplicity is the key to brilliance.
— Bruce Lee
You must speak straight so that your words may go as sunlight into our hearts.
— Cochise (“Like Ironweed”)
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
— Hans Hofmann
A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.
— Steve Maraboli
Life is simple. You just have to stop trying to figure it out.
— Marty Rubin
Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.
— John Maeda
I have three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
— Lao Tzu
In simplicity there is truth.
— River Phoenix
Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.
— Philip James Bailey
A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.
— Winston Churchill
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.
— Charles Dudley Warner
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
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
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.
— Charles Mingus
Simplicity is the trademark of genius.
— Robin Sharma
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
— Albert Einstein
Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.
— Edward Tufte
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
— Henry Wandsworth
Wise Simplicity Quotes
Life is simple. You just have to stop trying to figure it out.
— Marty Rubin
Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.
— Bryant McGill
The greatest ideas are the simplest.
— William Golding
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
— Henry David Thoreau
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.
— Isaac Newton
Keep it simple and keep it real. The more basic we see our connection to God and Spirit, the easier it is to feel like you’re a part of it.
— Jim Fargiano
Take the time to observe the simple and ponder upon the seemingly insignificant. You’ll find a wealth of depth and beauty.
— Melanie Charlene
Living simply makes loving simple.
— bell hooks
Enjoy the simple, the natural and the plain. Along with that comes the ability to do things spontaneously and have them work.
— Benjamin Hoff
It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are.
— David Levithan
It’s strange how the simple things in life go on while we become difficult.
— Richard Brautigan
Fill everything, but own nothing.
We are vessels, not containers
— Dr. Toyin Omofoye
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
— Henry David Thoreau
If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.
— Rainer Maria Rilke
Simplicity is ultimately a matter of focus.
— Ann Voskamp
The way to happy – keep your heart free from hate, your mind free from worry, live simply, expect little, give much.
— Carol Borges
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury – to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.
— Albert Einstein
All the problems you have are simple. What’s complicated is getting you to see simplicity.
— Meir Ezra
It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.
— Bruce Lee
To say more while saying less is the secret of being simple.
— Dejan Stojanovic
More Quotes About Simplicity
Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
— Rousseau Jean-Jacques
It takes a long time to learn how to do something simple.
— Marty Rubin
The key to a good meal is simplicity and the right seasoning.
— Buddy Valastro
Simplify your life. You don’t grow spiritual, you shrink spiritual.
— Steve Maraboli
I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.
— Elliott Erwitt
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
There is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
— Lin Yutang
I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity.
— Jil Sander
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
— Alan Perlis
A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.
— Confucius
Our joy comes from living our own lives simply – never from demanding that others live simply or from ever making any demands whatsoever upon others.
— Jonathan Lockwood Huie
As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.
— Albrecht Durer
There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table.
— E.A. Bucchianeri
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
— Thomas a Kempis
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
— Henry David Thoreau
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
— Walt Whitman