Bother Quote by Seneca the Younger

Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness. The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call…

— Seneca the Younger

There are some things in life that shouldn't be given so much importance, if they don't change what is essential.

— Laura Esquivel

Simplicity is the pursuit of the essential.

— Mark Sheppard

“Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done. It doesn’t mean just doing…

— Greg McKeown

We overvalue nonessentials like a nicer car or house, or even intangibles like the number of our followers on Twitter or the way we…

— Greg McKeown

Many things are good, many are important, but only a few are essential.

— D. Todd Christofferson

Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest.

— Leo Babauta

Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.

— Richard J. Foster

The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it…

— Maimonides

Things that are easily acquired, obtained, or maintained, without any effort or sacrifice lack value...it's human nature.

— Anonymous

If I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is…

— Henri Nouwen

“Necessity is simply a prioritised task, while choices are usually unnecessary and playful in nature.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo