These 25 short slow living quotes are a gentle reminder to take each day as it is, honor the present, and to recognize that all we have is this current moment. I welcome you to join me in this blog post to find the quotes that resonate with a calmer, more easeful lifestyle.
What Is Slow Living?
Slow living is a lifestyle that welcomes more mindfulness and presence into your day. In a world that rewards hustle culture and turns its head at rest, slow living goes against the traditional grain of society. It’s not about laziness, but about finding peace and worth in who we are and what lives in this exact moment. It also encourages us to live less in our heads and to do lists and instead brings more mindfulness and grace into each moment.
Slow living can even support trauma healing, and I welcome you to read this blog post if you’d like to explore how slow living benefits your nervous system after sexual trauma.
25 Slow Living Quotes
I invite you to explore these inspiring slow living quotes as you like and use them for encouraging a slow living lifestyle that aligns with your preferences. You can use these as inspiration, affirmations, or however you choose.
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
– Lao Tzu
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
– Paulo Coelho
“Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast—you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.”
– Eddie Cantor
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and the memories we’ve made along the way.”
– Unknown
“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.”
– Lily Tomlin
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
– Henry David Thoreau
“Sometimes you have to slow down to go fast.”
– Jeff Olson
“If you listen quietly enough, life will whisper its secrets to you.”
– Rasheed Ogunlaru
“In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow.”
– Pico Iyer
“Wisdom is knowing what to ignore.”
– William James
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.”
– Ram Dass
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.”
– Anne Lamott
“It’s a beautiful day, don’t let it get away.”
– “Beautiful Day” by U2
“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
– Steve Jobs
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”
– Hans Hofmann
“Wherever you are, be all there.”
– Jim Elliot
“Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.”
– John De Paola
“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.”
– Joseph Campbell
“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
– Plato
“Slow living is not about doing less, it’s about being more.”
-Anonymous
“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
-Thich Nhat Hanh
“Slow down, you move too fast. You got to make the morning last.”
–The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” by Simon & Garfunkel
Overview
I hope these slow living quotes support your journey into more presence in ease from a chaotic world. Thank you for joining, and I invite you to explore more quotes below!
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