Here are 330 of the best simple quotes I could find. I hope you’ll find a few inspiring quotes to start your day. Enjoy!
Simple words, repeated daily, can change your life. Maxime Lagacé
Be simple, be natural, be spontaneous. Osho
Cut out all the bullshit and be awesome. Neil Strauss
Simplicity means you know what’s important. @AmuseChimp
Think about the world. Whitman Richards
Dream huge. Think big. Plan small. Execute tiny. Farbood
Focus on your craft, your body, and your mind. Shane Parrish
Simplicity is strength. Complexity is weakness. Jack Butcher
The highest level of mastery is simplicity. James Clear
Complain and remain. Praise and be raised. Joyce Meyer
Remain undisturbed. Maxime Lagacé
Keep it simple, smooth and slow. Maxime Lagacé
The road is life. Jack Kerouac
The mind takes. The heart gives. @AmuseChimp
Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. Maya Angelou
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The Best Simple Quotes
One day at a time. Haruki Murakami
Great things are always simple and modest. Leo Tolstoy
Blessed are those who make people feel blessed. Paulo Coelho
Keep things simple and remember what you set out to do. Charlie Munger
Life is deep and simple, and what our society gives us is shallow and complicated. Fred Rogers
Simplicity is a sign of intelligence and mastery. Anthony Pompliano
Focus on what matters. Cut all the BS. Sam Altman
The solution is simple. You are complicated. Jack Butcher
Expect nothing. Accept everything. Anthony Hopkins
To be happy, accept. To be great, refuse. Maxime Lagacé
Water your plants and your job is done for today. Maxime Lagacé
Things are never complicated if one has principles. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Don’t give the small things more time than they deserve. Marcus Aurelius
Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for. Immanuel Kant
Your urge to control life controls you. Mooji
Get comfortable being uncomfortable. David Goggins
Happiness is simple. Everything we do to find it is complicated. Karen Maezen Miller
Desiring less is even more valuable than owning less. Joshua Becker (See also: becomingminimalist.com)
You will never own anything more valuable than your body. @AmuseChimp
Make peace with the present moment. Eckhart Tolle
Give the gift of your full presence. Haemin Sunim
Part 2. Simple Quotes That Are…
The Most Famous Simple Quotes (Emerson, Socrates, Bruce Lee, etc.)
I read and think. Warren Buffett (One of the richest man in the world)
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. Jack Kerouac
It requires the greatest art to be simple. Carl Jung
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius
The doer alone learns. Bruce Lee
A light heart lives long. William Shakespeare
Beware the barrenness of a busy life. Socrates
What is done in love is done well. Vincent van Gogh
You can’t know, you can only believe – or not. C.S. Lewis
Speak little, do much. Benjamin Franklin
Don’t hate what you don’t understand. John Lennon
Be true to yourself. Always. Yoko Ono
You become what you think about. Earl Nightingale
Self-command is the main elegance. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Serve humanity. Leo Tolstoy
Love is life. Leo Tolstoy
Freely you have received; freely give. Matthew 10:8
Patience is the companion of wisdom. Augustine of Hippo
To do two things at once is to do neither. Publius Syrus
The greatest ideas are the simplest. William Golding (Lord of the Flies)
Art is the proper task of life. Friedrich Nietzsche
Short Simple Quotes
One-liners, short simple quotes, sayings, thoughts and captions for your bio, social status, self-talk, motto, mantra, signs, posters, wallpapers, backgrounds.
Stay kind. Gary Vaynerchuk
Be here now. Ram Dass
Live in joy. Osho
Have courage. Maya Angelou
Do something. Mark Manson
Be mysterious. Maxime Lagacé
Order your soul. Augustine of Hippo
Less, but better. Dieter Rams
Your life is now. Eckhart Tolle
Outcome over ego. Shane Parrish
Character is fate. Heraclitus
Follow your bliss. Joseph Campbell
Do the right thing. Maxime Lagacé
Be kind, not blind. Paulo Coelho
Today, not tomorrow. Shane Parrish
This too shall pass. Thibaut
Consistency compounds. Jack Butcher
Don’t talk to talkers. @AmuseChimp
Think less, feel more. Osho
To define is to limit. Oscar Wilde
Give more, expect less. Maxime Lagacé
If it scares you, do it. Unknown
Trust one who has tried. Virgil
Work smarter, not harder. Shane Parrish
Be a blessing to somebody. Maya Angelou
Be present above all else. Naval Ravikant
You’re thinking too small. Unknown
Creation over consumption. Kamal Ravikant
Outward action and inner calm. @TheStoicEmperor
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Military saying
Less certainty. More curiosity. Neil Strauss
Good things, when short, are twice as good. Baltasar Gracián
Keep your word. Do what you say you will do. Thibaut
Inspirational And Motivational Simple Quotes
If feels good to do things. Fred Rogers
Simplicity will make you free. Maxime Lagacé
Let your mind wander in simplicity. Zhuangzi
Just make something beautiful. Safi Bahcall
Awe is what moves us forward. Joseph Campbell
Change your interpretation, change your life. Neil Strauss
Be patient when it gets weird. Bob Goff
Act before you are ready. Robert Greene
Courage over comfort. Brené Brown
If it’s still in your mind, go for it. Paulo Coelho
Losers complain, winners do. @AmuseChimp
The challenge is the opportunity. Brian Norgard
Stop comparing and start creating. Brian Norgard
Fail quickly, succeed slowly. Johnny Uzan
Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become. Paramahansa Yogananda
Having no destination, I am never lost. Ikkyu
It’s mid-morning. I leave my phone inside, walk out to my backyard, and sit on a chair in the sun. James Clear
Your actions are your real priorities. James Clear
Reach out. You never know. Sahil Lavingia
Not taking risks is risky. Sahil Lavingia
Master your mind and defy the odds. David Goggins (Retired Navy SEAL)
Show people, don’t tell people. David Goggins
If you’re not dead try again. Jack Butcher
Limits, like fears, are often just and illusion. Michael Jordan
Relax and trust and watch the magic of existence. Mooji
Everything worth doing takes time. Justin Kan
Show the world who you are through your actions. Justin Kan
You are your best thing. Toni Morrison (Beloved)
A smile can bring a miracle. Thich Nhat Hanh
The miracle is to be alive. Thich Nhat Hanh
Every moment is a gift of life. Thich Nhat Hanh
The next message you need is always right where you are. Ram Dass
What you believe, you receive. Gabby Bernstein
Expect miracles. Gabby Bernstein
See also: Simple Living Manifesto: 72 Ideas to Simplify Your Life (zenhabits.net)
Funny Simple Quotes
Do not dare not to dare. C.S. Lewis
Dogs bark at what they cannot understand. Heraclitus
The only thing I know for sure is that I don’t know sh*t. Justin Kan
Your opinions don’t make you a good person. @AmuseChimp
Argue with idiots, and you become an idiot. Paul Graham
I thought getting old would take longer. Sam Altman
Unsubscribe. Unfollow. Mute. Block. Walk away. Breathe. @TheMinimalists
You don’t grow spiritual, you shrink spiritual. Steve Maraboli
Go to bed; tired is stupid. Ursula K. Le Guin (A Wizard of Earthsea)
Life is very simple. It’s work or it’s bullsh*t. Ernest Hemingway
Deep (And Sometimes Dark) Simple Quotes
This is it. Alan Watts
Fear is the mind killer. Elon Musk
All conflict is self-conflict. Kapil Gupta
All conflict comes from attachment. Anthony de Mello
For greed, the entire world is too little. Seneca
You’re rich if you have a peaceful mind. Maxime Lagacé
I felt free and therefore I was free. Jack Kerouac
Beauty is a promise of happiness. Alain de Botton (The Architecture of Happiness)
I should be suspicious of what I want. Rumi
A man who is 100% sane is dead. Osho
Complexity repels. Simplicity attracts. Jack Butcher
Distraction is poverty. Presence is wealth. Jack Butcher
Your insecurity will be monetized. Jack Butcher
The hardest thing to do in the universe is to make the complex simple. Brian Norgard
Simplicity compounds. Complexity zeros out. Shane Parrish
Comfort kills our inner genius. @orangebook_
Sitting makes you stupid. @AmuseChimp
The beauty of things must be that they end. Jack Kerouac (Tristessa)
Death erodes all fears. James Pierce
Everyone you meet is going to die. Be nice. Sahil Lavingia
Be the silence that listens. Tara Brach
Silence is talk too. African proverb
Without deviation progress is not possible. Frank Zappa
Hope clouds observation. Frank Herbert (Dune)
If you have more than 3 priorities then you don’t have any. Jim Collins
Your soul is the whole world. Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha)
What you are the world is. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Wise Simple Quotes And Proverbs (Words of Wisdom)
Do the job right the first time. Charlie Munger
You are not your mind. Eckhart Tolle
Actions, not words, reveal our real values. Derek Sivers
If it’s useless, ignore it. Maxime Lagacé
Increase your outputs. Decrease your inputs. Maxime Lagacé
In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching, Amazon book)
The sage shuns excess, shuns grandiosity, shuns arrogance. Lao Tzu
Virtue is the root; wealth is the result. Confucius
Be present, be patient, be gentle, be kind… everything else will take care of itself. Unknown Buddhist monk
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. Atisha
Attach, you lose. Detach, you gain. Joseph Emmett
What you possess, you lose. Zen proverb
When you get there, there isn’t any there there. Zen proverb
Even if you have to go in a hurry, go slowly. Tibetan proverb
The entire teaching of Buddhism can be summed up in this way: Nothing is worth holding on to. Jack Kornfield
Don’t predict. Prepare. Shane Parrish
Ask more and assume less. Shane Parrish
Effective over efficient. Doing over watching. Shane Parrish
To know ten thousand things, know one well. Musashi Miyamoto
No mud, no lotus. Thich Nhat Hanh
Take some time off to go within, in silence. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Get still and you will see. Byron Katie
See also: 12 Habits for life (8 minutes YouTube video by Matt D’Avella)
Part 3. Simple Quotes About…
Simple Quotes About Life
Life is for service. Fred Rogers
Life begins where fear ends. Osho
That’s life: starting over, one breath at a time. Sharon Salzberg
Chase your passion not your safety. Paulo Coelho
To save time, stop looking for shortcuts. Shane Parrish
Living well is the ultimate art form. Sahil Lavingia
Work tirelessly. Eat healthy. Sleep well. Joe De Sana
Grace will take you places hustling can’t. Brené Brown (Rising Strong)
Tomorrow is overrated. Today is underrated. Thibaut
Avoid instant gratification. Maxime Lagacé
The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money. Warren Buffett
Accept what is, let go of what was, have faith in what will be. Sonia Ricotti
Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. Alice Walker (Revolutionary Petunias)
Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life. Eckhart Tolle
Life is simple. It’s what we believe about life that complicates it. Byron Katie
What this age needs is awakening. Søren Kierkegaard
The noble must make humility his root. Lao Tzu
Give life a chance to flow its own way. Mooji
We live forward, we understand backward. William James
Simple Quotes About Happiness
Accept everything just the way it is. Miyamoto Musashi
If you chase something, it goes. If you stop, it comes. Maxime Lagacé
Happiness is not found in amusement. Aristotle
Happiness is getting rid of the unnecessary. Paulo Coelho
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them. Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist, Amazon book)
Now is now. Are you going to be here or not? Ram Dass
Just try, try to be right here, open, honest, straight. Ram Dass
Where fear is, happiness is not. Seneca
Drop becoming! Being is enough. Osho
It is not possible to have fun when you try. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Flow with whatever happens and let your mind be free. Zhuangzi
Enjoy it. Because it’s happening. Stephen Chbosky
Slow down. Appreciate your life. @DailyZen
Double the amount of time you spend outside. Erica Layne
Remember: You choose to let things bother you. Robert Greene
Don’t take anything personally. Don Miguel Ruiz
Act without expectation. Lao Tzu
If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. Lao Tzu
To be content with nothing is to have everything. Shane Parrish
There’s no situation we can’t make peace with. Byron Katie
I’m a lover of what is. It’s too good to miss. Byron Katie
True abundance is an inside job. Gabby Bernstein
Give yourself permission to slow down. Gabby Bernstein
Stop and sink into this timeless moment. Mooji
Rest is holy. Get some. Bob Goff
Let it go. Tim Ferriss
Simple Quotes About Friendship
Avoid boring people. Josh Wolfe
Whoever cannot give, also receives nothing. Friedrich Nietzsche
Help yourself, then everyone will help you. Friedrich Nietzsche
Friends are precious. Show them. Maxime Lagacé
Respect me and I’ll respect you. Simple. Unknown
Don’t compare yourself to others. James Clear
Only keep the question, ‘What is the best way of helping other people?’ Seung Sahn
If you’ve been blessed, be a blessing. Bill Campbell
Do not waste time on things you cannot change or influence. Robert Greene
Make a difference about something other than yourselves. Toni Morrison
See also: How to stop Giving a F*ck (11 minutes YouTube video by Matt D’Avella)
Simple Quotes About Love
Give until it feels good. Byron Katie
Have enough courage to love. Maya Angelou
Those who love truly live. Maxime Lagacé
Love everyone, serve everyone. Maharajji
To give yourself up without regret is the greatest charity. Bodhidharma
Let your heart be as big as it can possibly be. Swami Chetanananda
I love seeing you happy. Faraway
Love without sacrifice is like theft. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all. Toni Morrison (Beloved)
Something that is loved is never lost. Toni Morrison (Beloved)
Love doesn’t keep score. Shane Parrish
Love is unconditional. Shane Parrish
Love is the goal, life is the journey. Osho
The ego is exploitation; love is service. Osho
Love is a great beautifier. Louisa May Alcott
Love is given, not received. Naval Ravikant
Love those you hate you. Leo Tolstoy (Anna Karenina)
The soul is awakened through service. Erica Jong
Let love direct your life. Gabby Bernstein
You are loved. You are love. Gabby Bernstein
Simple Quotes About Education, Learning
Understand, don’t memorize. Richard Feynman
What I learned on my own I still remember. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
You become what you understand. Søren Kierkegaard
Do not think that you know. Zhuangzi
Dare to be naïve. Buckminster Fuller
Be humble, or be humbled. Justin Kan
You’re wise when you laugh at yourself. Maxime Lagacé
The most complicated skill is to be simple. Dejan Stojanovic
Just be in the simple and innocent state of I don’t know. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Fools ignore complexity. Geniuses remove it. Alan Perils
When learning, explore widely. When mastering, focus narrowly. James Clear
Being curious is better than being smart. James Clear
Comfort is the enemy of progress. Carlos Del Valle
Only mediocrity is sure of itself. Paulo Coelho
Learn voraciously. Sam Altman
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw
Look back only to learn. Thibaut
Learn as much as you can, about as many things as you want. Thibaut
No pride + no shame = lifelong growth. @orangebook_
Cut your ties to the past; enter unknown territory. Robert Greene
Simple Quotes About Motivation, Success
Knowing isn’t acting. Paulo Coelho
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Paulo Coelho
No gamble, no future. Jason Calacanis
Stop thinking and do something. David Goggins
Take a simple idea and take it seriously. Charlie Munger
Just be patient. Charlie Munger
Always take your job seriously, never yourself. Fox Connor
Amateurs fear failure. Pros crave it. Jeff Goins
Amateurs go faster. Professionals go further. Shane Parrish
Strategy often beats sweat. James Clear
The ultimate productivity hack is saying no. James Clear
Say no to nearly everything. Say yes to what remains. Repeat daily. James Clear
Ask for what you want. Sam Altman
Be hungry, honest, and vulnerable. Michael Gervais
The best in the world train their inner world. Michael Gervais
Discomfort precedes growth. Eric Peng
Discipline is delayed gratification. Preethi Kasireddy
Criticism is easy. Creation is hard. Noah Kagan
Risk is the currency of the remarkable. Jack Butcher
Build or be billed. Jack Butcher
Keep what works. Delete what doesn’t. Jack Butcher
Make yourself useful. Jack Butcher
Winners play harder. Jack Butcher
Do the next right thing. Frank O’Dea
Be dynamic or deteriorate. Angela Jiang
The greatest superpower is the ability to change yourself. Naval Ravikant
Stories change more minds than data. Sahil Lavingia
Some people talk. Some people do. Few do both. Shane Parrish
Your belief in any idea will give life to it. Mooji
Love the craft, be a craftsman. Ryan Holiday
Be greedy with your time. @LifeMathMoney
Avoid petty things. Focus on the important ones. Maxime Lagacé
Endure short-term pain. Seek long-term rewards. Maxime Lagacé
Learn when you lose. Be careful when you win. Maxime Lagacé
The whole world is not looking at you. Thibaut
Whatever you feel you become. Osho
See also: How To Motivate Yourself: 3 Steps Backed By Science (bakadesuyo.com)
Part 4. Conclusion
You are the Universe. It is not something outside you. Wayne Dyer
Call to action: Watch Meditating 1 Hour a Day is Changing my Life (18 minutes YouTube video by Nathaniel Drew)
I recommend starting with only 5-10 minutes, every day, for 2 weeks. Give it a try. Who knows, it could change your life forever.
Table Of Contents
Part 1
Top 15 Images
Best Simple Quotes
Part 2
Simple Quotes That ARE
Famous
Short
Inspirational
Funny
Deep
Wise
Part 3
Simple Quotes ABOUT
Life
Happiness
Friendship
Love
Education
Motivation
Part 4
Conclusion
