--- title: "4 Sue Bender Quotes - Famous Writer (Plain and Simple)" description: "Sue Bender, born Marjorie Sue Rosenfeld, was an American author, ceramic artist, family therapist, and lecturer who lived in Berkeley, California." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-sue-bender-70310.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Sue Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-sue-bender-70310.jpg) # Sue Bender (1933–2025) Writer **4** quotes in **5** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Sue Bender was a writer, best known for *Plain and Simple*. ## Quick Facts About Sue Bender Born January 1, 1933 Died January 1, 2025 Profession Writer Notable works Plain and Simple ## About Sue Bender Sue Bender, born Marjorie Sue Rosenfeld, was an American author, ceramic artist, family therapist, and lecturer who lived in Berkeley, California. She wrote Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish, a best seller about her experience living among the Amish, published in 1989. Her subsequent books included Everyday Sacred and Stretching Lessons. She was called the "Grandma Moses of the simplicity movement". She graduated from Simmons College (BA), Harvard University (M.Ed), and the University of California, Berkeley (MSW). ## Quotes by Sue Bender > [“My task is to simplify and then go deeper, making a commitment to what remains. That's what I've been after. To care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-bender/my-task-is-to-simplify-and-then-go-deeper-making-a-commitment-to-what/) [Sue Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-bender/) [Commitment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/commitment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/427/sue-bender-70310_simplicity_my-task-is-to-simplify-and-then-go-deepe_1233481.jpg) > [Listening to your heart is not simple. Finding out who you are is not simple. It takes a lot of hard work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-bender/listening-to-your-heart-is-not-simple-finding-out-who-you-are-is-not/) [Sue Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-bender/) [Courage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/sue-bender-70310_courage_listening-to-your-heart-is-not-simple-fi_1741484.jpg) > [“Satisfaction comes from giving up wishing I was somewhere else or doing something else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-bender/satisfaction-comes-from-giving-up-wishing-i-was-somewhere-else-or/) [Sue Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-bender/) [Satisfaction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/satisfaction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/sue-bender-70310_satisfaction_satisfaction-comes-from-giving-up-wishin_2658118.jpg) > [“Miracles come after a lot of hard work.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-bender/miracles-come-after-a-lot-of-hard-work/) [Sue Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-bender/) [Hard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/910/sue-bender-70310_hard_miracles-come-after-a-lot-of-hard-work-2_2869590.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-bender/#itemlist", "name": "Sue Bender Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“My task is to simplify and then go deeper, making a commitment to what remains. 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