#simple

I have been all over the world. I have met some wonderful people, lots of them very simple, whom nobody will ever hear about, but who have been fabulous to me. ↗

— Maureen Forrester

#been #ever #fabulous #hear #i

It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it is my opinion that this idea, once we have finally discovered it, will be so compelling, so beautiful, that we will say to one another, yes, how could it have been any different. ↗

— John Archibald Wheeler

#any #based #beautiful #been #compelling

Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#hard #keep #life #like #meaning

In this era of the global village, the tide of democracy is running. And it will not cease, not in China, not in South Africa, not in any corner of this earth, where the simple idea of democracy and freedom has taken root. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#any #cease #china #corner #democracy

When we black people commit ourselves to living simply as a political action, as a way of breaking the stress caused by unrelenting hedonistic desire for material objects that are not needed for survival, or essential to well-being, we will not be talking about ebonics. We will be out in the streets demanding that the public schools have enough teachers so that all kids, cross color, can read and write in standard English and in Spanish too. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#priorities #simple-living #spanish

Spending moments with another in earnest presence is one of the simple ways we can show unconditional love. It is the memories created from these impressions that survive after all else passes. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#hospice #love #memories #simple-love #spirituality

Love is almost never simple. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#books #dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #love

Never wish a legendary love; you don’t know who hard is to have a simple one. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#love #never #simple #wish #love

Contrary to what we've been told, life is simple. We complicate matters with our choices. ↗

— Michelle Richardson

#choice #inspiration #it-s-simple #inspirational

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. ↗