--- title: "18 Simplicity Of Life Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 18 Simplicity Of Life quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Simplicity Of Life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/paulo-coelho-10_contact_we-have-lost-contact-with-reality-the-si_429091.jpg" --- > [We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-have-lost-contact-with-reality-the-simplicity-of-life/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/paulo-coelho-10_contact_we-have-lost-contact-with-reality-the-si_429091.jpg) > [“No," she answered, wondering at the harsh simplicity of life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/no-she-answered-wondering-at-the-harsh-simplicity-of-life/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/oscar-wilde-16_life_no-she-answered-wondering-at-the-harsh-s_1733208.jpg) > [“The simplicity of life is universal. Mother Nature is a wonderful teacher.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-leasock/the-simplicity-of-life-is-universal-mother-nature-is-a-wonderful/) [Steve Leasock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-leasock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/steve-leasock-80083_happiness_the-simplicity-of-life-is-universal-moth_116300.jpg) > [Simplicity of life is an essential for greatness of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-erskine-stuart/simplicity-of-life-is-an-essential-for-greatness-of-life/) [Janet Erskine Stuart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-erskine-stuart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/janet-erskine-stuart-20694_essentials_simplicity-of-life-is-an-essential-for-g_2096156.png) > [I'm from Pennsylvania, and that love for the simplicity of life never left me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cowher/i-m-from-pennsylvania-and-that-love-for-the-simplicity-of-life-never/) [Bill Cowher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cowher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/bill-cowher-4099_left_i-m-from-pennsylvania-and-that-love-for_1481540.png) > [Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/simplicity-of-life-even-the-barest-is-not-a-misery-but-the-very/) [William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/william-morris-4229_arts-and-crafts_simplicity-of-life-even-the-barest-is-no_290702.jpg) > [I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-brown/i-feel-that-the-simplicity-of-life-is-just-being-yourself/) [Bobby Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/bobby-brown-41819_being-yourself_i-feel-that-the-simplicity-of-life-is-ju_1704229.png) > [REAL HAPPINESS comes not in achieving BIG THINGS but ENJOYING SIMPLE BLESSINGS in Life, for the SIMPLICITY of LIFE comes the INFINITY…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-czhang/real-happiness-comes-not-in-achieving-big-things-but-enjoying-simple/) [J Czhang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-czhang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/j-czhang-32556_amazing-life_real-happiness-comes-not-in-achieving-bi_1986870.jpg) > [The very longing for contentment that ought to drive us to simplicity of life and labors of love contents itself instead with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/the-very-longing-for-contentment-that-ought-to-drive-us-to-simplicity/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/john-piper-255_broken_the-very-longing-for-contentment-that-ou_443464.png) > [“Leadership is first and foremost bout character, one who is in power but not subordinate to it, one has control of money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfrido-v-villacorta/leadership-is-first-and-foremost-bout-character-one-who-is-in-power/) [Wilfrido V. Villacorta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfrido-v-villacorta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/wilfrido-v-villacorta-94515_leadership_leadership-is-first-and-foremost-bout-ch_1587580.jpg) > [Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement; a sanded floor and whitewashed walls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/simplicity-of-life-even-the-barest-is-not-a-misery-but-the-very-2/) [William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/william-morris-4229_always-working_simplicity-of-life-even-the-barest-is-no_1906987.jpg) > [The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/the-world-calls-for-and-expects-from-us-simplicity-of-life-the-spirit-2/) [Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/502/pope-paul-vi-7633_heart_the-world-calls-for-and-expects-from-us_1735096.jpg) > [Both Socrates and Jesus were outstanding teachers; both of them urged and practiced great simplicity of life; both were regarded as traitors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaroslav-pelikan/both-socrates-and-jesus-were-outstanding-teachers-both-of-them-urged/) [Jaroslav Pelikan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaroslav-pelikan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/jaroslav-pelikan-32183_christ_both-socrates-and-jesus-were-outstanding_2277486.jpg) > [The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-paul-vi/the-world-calls-for-and-expects-from-us-simplicity-of-life-the-spirit/) [Pope Paul VI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-paul-vi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98b/pope-paul-vi-7633_charity_the-world-calls-for-and-expects-from-us_363498.jpg) > [I was born and raised in Kansas. The worst things are the locusts, mosquitos, the flatness, the humidity. The greatest things are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-brockovich/i-was-born-and-raised-in-kansas-the-worst-things-are-the-locusts/) [Erin Brockovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-brockovich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/erin-brockovich-9817_born_i-was-born-and-raised-in-kansas-the-wors_273567.jpg) > [“This kind of unmasking and refusing complicity is part of the simplicity of lifestyle. Simplicity, the rejection of consumerism and opting for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothee-soelle/this-kind-of-unmasking-and-refusing-complicity-is-part-of-the/) [Dorothee Soelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothee-soelle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18b/dorothee-soelle-19207_simplicity_this-kind-of-unmasking-and-refusing-comp_2569210.jpg) > [“The majestic architecture, the cultivated manners, the simplicity of life, the disregard for one's fellow man, the plagues, the rampant corruption, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-elliott/the-majestic-architecture-the-cultivated-manners-the-simplicity-of/) [Chris Elliott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-elliott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/chris-elliott-35557_fellow-man_the-majestic-architecture-the-cultivated_929860.jpg) > [“The fact that you live in a broken-down house in the midst of restoration makes everything more difficult. It removes the ease…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-david-tripp/the-fact-that-you-live-in-a-broken-down-house-in-the-midst-of/) [Paul David Tripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-david-tripp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/paul-david-tripp-1637_contemplate_the-fact-that-you-live-in-a-broken-down_2825381.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/simplicity-of-life/#itemlist", "name": "Simplicity Of Life Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paulo Coelho" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/we-have-lost-contact-with-reality-the-simplicity-of-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/paulo-coelho-10_contact_we-have-lost-contact-with-reality-the-si_429091.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/paulo-coelho-10_contact_we-have-lost-contact-with-reality-the-si_429091.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/paulo-coelho-10_contact_we-have-lost-contact-with-reality-the-si_429091.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.” — Paulo Coelho", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“No,\" she answered, wondering at the harsh simplicity of life.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/no-she-answered-wondering-at-the-harsh-simplicity-of-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/oscar-wilde-16_life_no-she-answered-wondering-at-the-harsh-s_1733208.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/oscar-wilde-16_life_no-she-answered-wondering-at-the-harsh-s_1733208.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/oscar-wilde-16_life_no-she-answered-wondering-at-the-harsh-s_1733208.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No,\" she answered, wondering at the harsh simplicity of life.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The simplicity of life is universal. 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