Looking for quotes about living a simple life? We have rounded up the best collection of simple life quotes, sayings, captions for Instagram, (with images and pictures) to inspire you to declutter your life and live humbly.
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A positive collection of simple life quotes that will get you thinking about how living more simply is the right thing to do, for so many reasons! You’re sure to find something that speaks to you, and makes life that bit easier. A more decluttered, humble, and minimalistic approach towards life can make everything simpler and beautiful.
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hofmann
“The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn’t simple.” – Doris Janzen Longacre
“Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.” – Richard Halloway
“I don’t want all that much. But I want to be fine. I want to live a simple life with many good moments and a lot of fun.” – Erlend Loe
“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand.” – Henry David Thoreau
“I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.” – Albert Einstein
“All I really want is a small, slow, simple life. A mediocre life. A beautiful, quiet, gentle life. I think it is enough.” – Krista O’Reilly
“Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.” – Edwin Way Teale
“Minimalism isn’t about removing the things you love. It’s about removing the things that distract you from the things you love.” – Joshua Becker (The More of Less)
“Be as simple as you can be; You will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
“Love is simple. Life is simple. Hate is simple. Success is simple and failure is simple. Then what is difficult? Being simple is very difficult!!!” – Lokesh
“I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.” – Roald Dahl
“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
“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
“Simplicity involves unburdening your life, and living more lightly with fewer distractions that interfere with a high quality life, as defined uniquely by each individual.” – Linda Breen Pierce
“My life is very simple because I don’t allow worldly things to control my feelings and emotions. Neither do I waste my time and energy seeking for any approval other than that of my inner-self.”
“If you have a soul that feels like it’s in a continual state of unrest… If you spend a lot of time inside your own head… A slower pace and a simpler life might settle you in more ways than you’d expect. Find more stillness inside.”
“The complexity of your earthly array is not a guarantee for a truimphant eternity. The fact is that you need a simple life to go to heaven; not an excessively glittering body, shiny lips and charming face.” – Israelmore Ayivor
“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
“The most powerful life is the most simple life. The most powerful life is the life that knows where it’s going, that knows where the source of strength is. It is the life that stays free of clutter and happenstance and hurriedness.” – Max Lucado
“If 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 the elements.” – Dalai Lama
“Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have even lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor.” – Henry David Thoreau
“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
“As we live and as we are, Simplicity — with a capital ‘S’ — is difficult to comprehend nowadays. We are no longer truly simple. We no longer live in simple terms or places. Life is a complex struggle now. It is now valiant to be simple: a courageous thing to even want to be simple. It is a spiritual thing to comprehend what simplicity means.” – Frank Lloyd Wrig
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Ananya Bhatt
I am Ananya a Graduate from Holmes College Sydney. I am a professional speaker and I love motivating people and inspire them to pursue their dreams. I have been an active contributor to The Random Vibez from last 2 years. Sharing quotes, proverbs, and sayings of great authors to touch people’s lives to make it better.