To Be Simple Quotes

The more simple we are, the more complete we become.

Memory is a snare, pure and simple; it alters, it subtly rearranges the past to fit the present.

Whenever there is a simple error that most laymen fall for, there is always a slightly more sophisticated version of the same problem that experts fall for.

Things that are complex are not useful, Things that are useful are simple.

The essence of style is a simple way of saying something complex.

Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition.

A simple line painted with the brush can lead to freedom and happiness.

I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

You can get more with a simple prayer and a Thompson sub-machinegun than you can with a simple prayer alone.

The simple intention to surrender control is all you need to experience miracles.

To recommend that women become identical to men, would be simple reversal, and would defeat the whole point of androgyny, and for that matter, feminism: in both, the whole point is choice.

I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.

Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world.

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.

Min­i­mal­ism is about cre­at­ing com­plete har­mony and not about making simple.

Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.

Before you go to bed, write down three 'gratefuls' for the day and three 'did wells' (they can even include something as simple as doing the laundry)-the results can be amazing!

I'm looking for the teacher who is simple enough to be great, and great enough to be simple.

On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our present bourgeoisie is to be measured by the altitude of its great intellects.

Unlike any other sport, the objective in boxing is chillingly simple: One man purposefully endeavors to inflict bodily harm on another man.

Education without religion is in danger of substituting wild theories for the simple commonsense rules of Christianity.

The surest way of achieving your goal is through the single-minded pursuit of simple actions.

One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don't work, then introduce the more complex ones.

Architects everywhere have recognized the need of ... a tool which may be put in the hands of creators of form, with the simple aim ... of making the bad difficult and the good easy.

Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behavior.

Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.

If things were simple, word would have gotten around.

I have travelled around the globe. I have seen the Canadian and American Rockies, the Andes, the Alps and the Highlands of Scotland, but for simple beauty, Cape Breton outrivals them all!

I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.

Peace may sound simple - one beautiful word - but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.

Sometimes simple things are the most difficult things to achieve.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

Ordinary people who faithfully, diligently, and consistently do simple things that are right before God will bring forth extraordinary results.

Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.

Because your question searches for deep meaning, I shall explain in simple words

I'm just a simple man standing alone with my old brushes, asking God for inspiration.

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.

Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future.

Such words as 'God' and 'Death' and 'Suffering' and 'Eternity' are best forgotten. We have to become as simple and as wordless as the growing corn or the falling rain. We must just be.

In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and confused, because they have been derived from uncertainties.

The secret to mountain biking is pretty simple. The slower you go the more likely it is you'll crash.

Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.

I have absolutely no doubt that there is an intense anti-Americanism in all Western Europe, and I think the reason for that is a very, very simple one.

When the heart speaks, however simple the words, its language is always acceptable to those who have hearts.

OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.

You practice and you get better. It's very simple.

After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure.