Naturalness Quotes

“In Paris, Julien’s position with regard to Madame de Renal would very soon have been simplified; but in Paris love is the child of the novels. The young tutor and his timid mistress would have found in three or four novels, and even in the lyrics of the Gymnase, a clear statement of their situation. The novels would have outlined for them the part to be played, shown them the model to copy; and this model, sooner or later, albeit without the slightest pleasure, and perhaps with reluctance, vanity would have compelled Julien to follow.

In a small town of the Aveyron or the Pyrenees, the slightest incident would have been made decisive by the ardour of the climate. Beneath our more sombre skies, a penniless young man, who is ambitious only because the refinement of his nature puts him in need of some of those pleasures which money provides, is in daily contact with a woman of thirty who is sincerely virtuous, occupied with her children, and never looks to novels for examples of conduct. Everything goes slowly, everything happens by degrees in the provinces: life is more natural.”
― Stendhal, The Red and the Black

“When you listen to a lecture, you should not have any idea of yourself. You should not have your own idea when you listen to someone. Forget what you have in your mind and just listen to what he says. To have nothing in your mind is naturalness. Then you will understand what he says. But if you have some idea to compare with what he says, you will not hear everything; your understanding will be one-sided; that is not naturalness. When you do something, you should be completely involved in it. You should devote yourself to it completely.”
― Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

“Naturalness onstage is just as much an artifice as naturalism in the novel”
― Julian Barnes, Levels of Life

“The blade of grass in the wind, he weighs himself in pure naturalness.”
― sir kristian goldmund aumann

“Enjoy your own authentic stupidity rather than strive vainly to be wise.”
― David Brandon, Tao of Survival: Spirituality in Social Care and Counselling

“Objects and environments that embody naturalness, simplicity, and subtle imperfection achieve a deeper, more meaningful aesthetic.”
― William Lidwell, Universal Principles of Design

“If you have lost your naturalness, you have lost yourself, and if you have gained something by losing your naturalness, it will never compensate for the damage done by losing yourself!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan