Simple Quotes

Unlike a mere deception or a simple secret, which gives the impression that something's been taken away, a great magician makes you feel like something's been given to you.

Science should have no less lofty a goal. My ambition is to live to see all of physics reduced to a formula so elegant and simple that it will fit easily on the front of a T-shirt.

The formula for achieving middle-class success is simple: Finish high school; don't have a child before the age of 20; and get married before having the child.

Meditation doesn't have to be complicated. What I do is about as simple as you can get. You could just count the beads, one, two, three, with your eyes closed or open, whatever makes you happy.

What is simple is wrong, and what is complicated cannot be understood.

I've always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it's the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia's passion to get lost in a faraway place.

I have always tried to write in a simple way, using down-to-earth and not abstract words.

It is a simple fact that all of us use the techniques of acting to achieve whatever ends we seek.

The key to success is simple. Make people dream.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

You can't be miserable when you're running. It's such a simple and pure way to feel alive.

I'm not a financial expert. The Robin Hood tax seems to me a very simple and beautiful idea. I don't see the problem.

Imagination without knowledge leads no farther than the back yard of primitive art, the child's scrawl on the fence, and the crank's message in the market place. Art is never simple.

Art sometimes is as simple as nothing, and other times as mysterious as nature or a woman.

Don't be fooled by strength you can see," he said at last. "Yahweh often hides His power in the simple things, the weak things, and so His strength seems foolish in man's eyes.

The true nature of mankind comes down to a simple question: 'Do we teach children how to be good or how to be bad?'

I know that the purpose of life is to understand and be in the present moment with the people you love. It's just that simple.

Cheese has always been a food that both sophisticated and simple humans love.

I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.

Your inner purpose is to awaken. It is as simple as that. You share that purpose with every other person on the planet - because it is the purpose of humanity.

I really believe life is simple. It's all the other people that make things complicated.

The blessing that I got from my parents, even if they didnt really teach me about money, was their simple lifestyle.

Books do not make life easier or more simple, but harder and more interesting.

The analytical power should not be confounded with simple ingenuity; for while the analyst is necessarily ingenious, the ingenious man is often remarkably incapable of analysis.

Find the heart of it. Make the complex simple, and you can achieve mastery.

We can get so wrapped up in our own misconceptions that we miss the simple beauty of the truth.

But Paris was a very old city and we were young and nothing was simple there.

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?

The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I, we are one in knowledge.

Look for ways to be a blessing. Simple words of encouragement can brighten somebody’s day.

If you work hard, you have a better chance of producing something that you're proud of. If you don't, you won't. It's really simple.

The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.

I am a simple man and I want simple answers.

There's something to be said for going back to a simple form of living-nature and family. There's something very...there's safety in that.

The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.

For now, I only wish to make a simple acknowledgement of the woman who held the power just before me. Of all of us who touched it, I feel she was the most worthy.

There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.

I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the simple pleasure of spending a couple of hours seeing the bad guys lose.

The joy sometimes is in the simple beauty.

As always in a musical collaboration: One has to like each other. As simple as that.

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

We must look to Mary's example to know how to deal with the glorious impossibilities of God. Look how she turned the world upside down by making one simple statement.

Life has a very simple plot: first you're here and then you're not.

The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth.

I'm always on the lookout for those good, simple solutions to everyday problems.

For the most part, biophiliacs,lovers of life, are found among simple people, without pretensions.

A simple man with Scripture has more authority than the Pope or a council.

It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple.

The basic idea of integral transformative practice (ITP) is simple: the more aspects of our being that we simultaneously exercise, the more likely that transformation will occur.