Living a simple life enables you to attain the true peace, happiness and freedom. It is always a good idea to live simply, especially if you want everything to go well. With a simple life, you’ll be able to live with less stress as well as achieve a greater peace of mind.
Here are 89 Living Simple Quotes to help you understand how living simple can improve your quality of life and lifestyle.
89 Living Simple Quotes
1. “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
2. “Life is very simple. What I give out comes back to me. Today, I choose to give love.” — Louise Hay
3. “All the fun is there, in the simple life!” — Mehmet Murat ildan
4. “I found the simple life, ain’t so simple.” — Van Halen
5. “People know that I have adopted four principles in living my life: simple living, punctuality, hard work and prudence.” — Abdul Sattar Edhi
6. “I want to live a simple life without stress or worry. I don’t need a lot of stuff. I just want to be happy.” — Unknown
7. “The best things in life aren’t things.” — Art Buchwald
8. “Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify.” — Henry David Thoreau
9. “Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.” — Charles De Lint
10. “Life is a complex struggle now. It is now valiant to be simple: a courageous thing to even want to be simple.” — Frank Lloyd Wright
11. “Live a “want to” life not a “have to” life.” — Unknown
12. “Life is amazingly good when it’s simple and amazingly simple when it’s good.” — Terri Guillemets
13. “We spend too much time making a living and too little time living and making.” — Rachel Dillon
14. “First of all, merely by living a simple life with a heart dedicated to overcoming self-cherishing, we automatically benefit others.” — Thubten Yeshe
15. “A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
16. “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.” — Albert Einstein
17. “The simple life is an authentic life.” — Kilroy J. Oldster
18. “If you have a complex life, make it simple; if you have a simple life, continue it that way!” — Mehmet Murat ildan
19. “The simplicity of life will make your life richer and fuller than trying to fit more in and having more.” — Kathy Stanton
20. “In an age of complexity, it is not easy to live a simple life or to practice simplicity.” — Debasish Mridha
21. “I’m not that lazy, but I don’t need that much money. I lead a fairly simple life.” — Karl Pilkington
22. “Thus it seemed to Haeckel that such simple life could easily be produced from inanimate material.” — Michael Behe
23. “It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” — Laura Ingalls Wilder
24. “There is nothing more beautiful than living a simple life in this complex universe!” — Mehmet Murat Ildans
25. “I want to sing simple things for the simple lives of simple people.” — Julio Iglesias
26. “A minimalist by intent, I live a beautiful life with fewer things—simple, yet full.” — Laurie Buchanan
27. “You will find people living simply in large cities, rural areas and everything in between.” — Linda Breen Pierce
28. “But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious.” — Elizabeth Edwards
29. “With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have even lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor.” — Henry David Thoreau
30. “There’s no more simple life with simple choices for the young.” — Johnny Cash
31. “Going Back To A Simple Life Is Not A Step Backwards” — Yvon Chouinard
32. “I believe a man should have a simple lifestyle — even if he can afford more.” — Masaru Ibuka
33. “Simplicity of living is no longer a personal issue; it is a theme and concern woven into our lives at every scale.” — Duane Elgin
34. “I live a reasonably simple life, off the beaten track.” — George Lucas
35. “I take a simple view of living. It is, keep your eyes open and get on with it.” — Sir Laurence Olivier
36. “The goal of life: simple but not empty.” — Terri Guillemets
37. “Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you.” — Byron Katie
38. “When we lead a simple life we achieve an unknown happiness —a happiness that surpasses any other form of happiness.” — Avijeet Das
39. “People who decide to live a simple life reduce their material possessions and overall consumption and become satisfied with the things that they need and not with what they want.” — Ryan Cooper
40. “It’s never good to make a simple thing into complicated.” — Ly Nguyen
41. “I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking.” — Laura Ingalls Wilder
42. “It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.” — Amelia Barr
43. “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” — Confucius
44. “If one’s life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness.” — Dalai Lama
45. “Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, “I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.” — Jack Kornfield
46. “If life is simple, then life is not complicated!” — Lao Tzu
47. “When the living gets unburdened with needs and desires, the life becomes simple and easy to carry.” — Shashi
48. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” — Leonardo da Vinci
49. “There is great freedom in simplicity of living.” — Peace Pilgrim
50. “The two most important in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why” — Mark Twain
51. “I would rather live a joyful simple life, doing what I love, than to be unhappy and rich.” — Lailah Gifty Akita
52. “Simple life and peaceful mind are very close friends!” — Mehmet Murat Ildan
53. “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
54. “I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.” — Albert Einstein
55. “Knowing what I know now and what I have been through, would I do it the same? I look at the alternative — a very simple life. It would have been nice to have a simple life.” — Donny Osmond
56. “To realise the soothing power of simple life is to find the secret of happiness!” — Mehmet Murat ildan
57. “How simple life becomes when things like mirrors are forgotten.” — Daphne du Maurier
58. “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
59. “The joy of a simple life is the greatest satisfaction.” — Laila Ibrahim
60. “The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable.” — Dag Hammarskjold
61. “How simple life is. We buy a fish. We are fed. We sit close to each other, we talk and then we go to bed.” — Gary Johnson
62. “You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.” — Vernon Howard
63. “Lead a simple life. First reduce your greeds. Then reduce your needs.” — Ritu Ghatourey
64. “Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” — Emily Dickinson
65. “Endeavor to live a simple life, but filled with complex love.” — Auliq-Ice
66. “…to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest, or a wild flower in spring — these are some of the rewards of the simple life.” — John Burroughs
67. “Best rule for a simple life… Care with no reason, Love with no expectation.” — Ritu Ghatourey
68. “Be as simple as you can be; You will be astonished to see h ow uncomplicated and happy your life can become.” — Paramahansa Yogonanda
69. “It’s about an attitude of living with fewer burdens and encumbrances, whether you’re twenty-one or sixty-five.” — Susan V. Vogt
70. “The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.” — Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould
71. “Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.” — Steve Jobs
72. “We’re [as parents] striving for an unattainable, inauthentic shell, and ignoring the real nut, the gooey inside: love, laughter, and fulfillment from simple things.” — Julie Lythcott-Haims
73. “Our incredible God has the power to transform your simple life and give you the life of your dreams. Remarkable things happen in your life when you believe.” — Amaka Imani Nkosazana
74. “In no order of things is adolescence the time of simple life.” — Janet Erskine Stuart
75. “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” — Charles Mingus
76. “It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary.” — Paulo Coelho
77. “A lot of people don’t want a million-dollar house. They just want to live a simple life and catch fish and make a living.” — Bill Tucker
78. “Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.” — Edwin Way Teale
79. “Simplicity is the key to brilliance.” — Bruce Lee
80. “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
81. “Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.” — Norman Vincent Peale
82. “There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there’s only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.” — Wayne Dyer
83. “Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.” — Jim Horning
84. “Voluntary is a key element of the philosophy of simple living.” — Linda Breen Pierce
85. “Life is all about what’s happening now, dont wait for tomorrow. Keep it simple.” — Bharath Mamidoju
86. “The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don’t” — Joshua Becker
87. “Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.” — Tom Peters
88. “Life is as simple as these three questions: What do I want? Why do I want it? And, how will I achieve it?” — Shannon L. Alder
89. “The simple life on the farm was everything to me.” — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Final thoughts
If you want to make your life easier, then live simply — that’s all you have to do! After all, it’s easy to be happy and live with little to no stress if you live a simple life.
If you want to achieve a better, happier life, follow these Living Simple Quotes and don’t hesitate to live as simple as you can!
Allen Wei is someone who believes in living his best life, focusing on balance, happiness, and relaxation. He fosters a positive lifestyle in terms of his body, mind, and environment, and he is a huge proponent of learning to be balanced via relaxation techniques integrated into our busy lives.
