Inner Simplicity Quotes

Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only.

Distractions must be conquered or they will conquer us. So let us cultivate simplicity; let us walk in the Spirit.

Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him.

The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.

God would behold in you a simplicity which will contain so much the more of His wisdom as it contains less of your own.

In my experience, we don't make thoughts appear, they just appear. One day, I noticed that their appearance just wasn't personal. Noticing that really makes it simpler to inquire.

When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. In this way, we fail to recognize the luminous simplicity of mind that is always present behind the veils of thought.

When our minds as people normally starts to wrap around things, we start to attach all these ideas to it that really aren't that necessary to the core of it, if you just experience it and kind of go through it.

Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself.

Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their way through the world, they bear wordless, prophetic witness.

The great point is to renounce your own wisdom by simplicity of walk, and to be ready to give up the favor, esteem, and approbation of every one, whenever the path in which God leads you passes that way.

Religion is something infinitely simple, ingenuous. It is not knowledge, not content of feeling... it is not duty and not renunciation, it is not restriction: but in the infinite extent of the universe it is a direction of the heart.

Simplicity is never a matter of circumstances; simplicity is a matter of focus. So in the midst of educating and parenting our children, we can't necessarily go ahead and make everything fit into neat, controllable, simple schedules. But the point is, simplicity is: how do we keep our eyes fixed and focused on Christ, no matter where we are?

The hardest thing to do as an actor is to be simplistic, and to just be.

All the truly deep people have at the core of their being the genius to be simple or to know how to seek simplicity

The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life.

When we are truly in this interior simplicity our whole appearance is franker, more natural. This true simplicity. . . makes us conscious of a certain openness, gentleness, innocence, gaiety, and serenity. O, how amiable this simplicity is! Who will give it to me? I leave all for this. It is the pearl of the Gospel.

Simplicity and purity are the two wings by which a man is lifted above all earthly things. Simplicity is in the intention - purity in the affection. Simplicity tends to God, - purity apprehends and tastes Him.

By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity.