Simplicity Quotes
The life of Christ was a life of humble simplicity, yet how infinitely exalted was his mission. Christ is our example in all things.
In human character, simplicity doesn't exist except among simpletons.
The art of writing is to explain the complications of the human soul with the simplicity that can be universally understood.
Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
The world, after all, was still a place of bottomless horror. It was by no means a place of childlike simplicity where everything could be settled by a simple then-and-there decision.
Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, "I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.
UNIX is simple and coherent, but it takes a genius (or at any rate, a programmer) to understand and appreciate its simplicity.
One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.
Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.
Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.
If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.
It is necessary to rouse the heart to pray, otherwise it will become quite dry. The attributes of prayer must be: love of God, sincerity, and simplicity.
And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems.
It's amazing how many people even today use a computer to do something you can do with a pencil and paper in less time.
The essential thing is to etch movements in the sky, movements so still they leave no trace. The essential thing is simplicity. / That is why the long path to perfection is horizontal.
Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.
In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.
The expression of vanity and self-love becomes less offensive, when it retains something of simplicity and frankness.
It does not matter whether one paints a picture, writes a poem, or carves a statue - simplicity is the mark of a master-hand.
The essence of voluntary simplicity is living in a way what is outwardly simple and inwardly rich.
To know what to leave out and what to put in; just where and just how, ah, that is to have been educated in knowledge of simplicity.
True beauty of dress consists in its simplicity . . . What do these devotees of fashion gain? Only the satisfaction of being admired, like a butterfly.
I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.
There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you're asked.
Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the Devil and earthly kings, I should suspect that I worshipp'd the Devil If I thank'd my God for worldly things.
Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls.
Do nondoing, strive for non-stiving, savor the flavourless, make much of little, repay enmity with virture; plan for difficulty when it is still easy, do the great while it is still small.