Simple Quotes

The man of culture is one of the poorest mortals alive. For simple pedantry and want of good sense no man is his equal. No assumption is too unreal, no end is too unpractical for him.

What to know about pain is how little we do to deserve it, how simple it is to give, how hard to lose.

Approach each task in your life, no matter how simple or how complex, with power. Pick and choose things initially which are not impossible to succeed at. You need to develop the profile of a winner.

Approach each task in your life, no matter how simple or how complex, with power.

It is the Buddhist belief that all things, experiences and people are inherently empty. That is a simple way of saying that all physical and nonphysical things have another side.

Pure and simple, balance is happiness.

Dimensionality only exists because the mind can perceive life that way, but that's only one simple method that the mind has for perceiving itself, for perceiving life.

The constraints that humankind has set upon itself are so narrow, so rigid. If you don't wear your clothes one day, they'll lock you up. That's a pretty simple action.

The network of enlightenment is a very wide network. It's not relegated to a simple type of being. It's not the network of the goody-goods.

You are not a singular self. You are a corporation. Inside you is eternity. A human being is not so simple.

These truths may seem simple and self-apparent and the words easy to say, but the states of mind that you live in as you progress are beautiful beyond description.

This is a world of unhappy beings. They don't understand how simple it is to be happy. You just have to practice meditation. To meditate is to be happy.

The practice of meditation is emptying the mind. When the mind is empty, completely empty, it's perfect meditation. It's really that simple.

To be in thousands of states of mind simultaneously as you perform simple physical tasks gives you a reverence for life. Each of these outer manifestations of life is God.

I'm a big guy, but I'm really simple with the food. I'll hit the In-N-Out or just the regular buffets.

On a regular basis I go over in my mind some of the most troublesome things I see about how people approach eating, and the wonder mess we have made out of a very simple thing.

Lyrics have got to be simple and catchy. A hook is more important than an overall concept or story.

There are numerous layers to truth, and the simple and superficial statement of facts cannot satisfy the writer.

America of the future will be all malls connected by interstates. All because your parents no longer can their own tomatoes.

What I am trying to figure out in my preface is how Romans could operate without the simple items - maps - that are necessary for running such a huge empire.

I am being stalked across the Web. And why is this happening? Pretty simple: It's huge business.

Do what makes you happy. Keep it simple. Do the research. Work hard. Look ahead.

One thing is a fairly simple and straightforward thing. I don't long to direct. I really want to get some good parts.

I don't like things that can be reproduced. Wood isn't important in itself but rather in the fact that objects made in it are unique, simple, unpretentious.

I love this simple maiden, She grows upon me more and more, And--ask the moon who 't was that kissed, Last night upon the shore!

The simple truth is that everyone has an opinion, everyone has the right to voice it, and they should if they want to.

Oh, child, men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness.

You got to wrestle with your conscience. You got to listen to people. It doesn't come so easy to me that this is right and that's wrong. It's never that simple.

To his [ Plato's ] great disappointment, he found Anaxagoras adducing simple physical reasons, instead of the teleological reasons, which he had expected. Such a teacher could no longer allure him.

There is no cheating in nature and the simple unsought feelings of the soul. There must be a truth involved in it, though we may but in part lay hold of the meaning.

We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives-like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write.

In this job, there are some simple pleasures that really help you cope. One is books, I mean, books are a great escape. Books are a way to get your mind on something else.

The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.

On all vital measures, measures necessary to protect you, the Democrats in Washington follow a simple philosophy: Just say no.

Do what makes you happy! It's that simple.

There is no obligation on us to be richer, or busier, or more efficient, or more productive, or more progressive, or any way worldlier or wealthier, if it does not make us happier.

The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still.

Physical science is like simple addition: it is either infallible or it is false.

Every work of art has one indispensable mark ... the center of it is simple, however much the fulfillment may be complicated.

Things are never simple when it comes to the human heart.

Today we no longer live in a way that is constrained by simple working or leisure environments - we travel, we work on laptops in coffee shops, we go out to dinner straight from work.

Breathing is my best ally. By doing simple breathing exercises, I can quickly come back to center and feel more grounded.

I think horror films always have to be as simple as possible.

I've distilled everything to one simple principle: win or die!

I almost stand in awe when I think of Joseph Smith. The angel appeared to him in 1823 - he said to this simple little boy, 'Your name should be known for good and evil throughout the entire world.'

Simple honesty is so remarkable a quality. It is of the very essence of Integrity.

There is no way in which a simple substance could begin in the course of nature, since it cannot be formed by means of compounding.

But in simple substances the influence of one monad over another is ideal only.

The monad, of which we shall speak here, is nothing but a simple substance which enters into compounds; simple, that is to say, without parts.

And there must be simple substances, because there are compounds; for the compound is nothing but a collection or aggregatum of simples.