quotes about simple things 

“Nobody understands another’s sorrow, and nobody another’s joy.” Franz Schubert

“There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.” Khalil Gibran

“I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.” Emma Goldman

“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” Leo Buscaglia

“If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.” Carlos Santana

“Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.” Mother Teresa

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” Buddha

“The simple pleasures of life give us lasting satisfaction.” Avijeet Das

“Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.”

— Herbert Hoover

“From native simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.”

— Albert Schweitzer

“For the more limited, if adequate, is always preferable.”

– Aristotle

“True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” Emily Dickinson

“As beautiful as simplicity is, it can become a tradition that stands in the way of exploration. “

— Laura Nyro

“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

“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

“Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.” Eileen Caddy

“In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.” W. H. Auden

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”

— Robert Brault

“Enjoy the simple, the natural and the plain. Along with that comes the ability to do things spontaneously and have them work.”

— Benjamin Hoff

“Everything is both simpler than we can imagine, and more complicated that we can conceive.”

– Goethe