209 quotes found
“Its as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are.”
“Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”
“People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.”
“I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he must omit. When the mat...”
“The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go runnin' back to where things is simple.”
“Why try to have pigs flyWhen ducks already can”
“Sincerity is simplicity.”
“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”
“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.”
“The simple things come back to us. They rest for a moment by our ribcages then suddenly reach in and twist our hearts a notch backward.”
“Vices are simply overworked virtues, anyway. Economy and frugality are to be commended but follow them on in an increasing ratio and what do we find at the other end? A miser! If we overdo the usin...”
“None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty.”
“My task is to simplify and then go deeper, making a commitment to what remains. That's what I've been after. To care and polish what remains till it glows and comes alive from loving care.”
“Poor food and water for dinner, a bent arm for a pillow that is where joy resides. For me, wealth and renown without honor are nothing but drifting clouds.”
“It was a simple thing. All terror is a simplicity. ("Interval In Sunlight")”
“My wants are so simple I don't even know what they are.”
“Simplicity is the essence of genius.”
“Ever since Apple's first brochure proclaimed "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication," Jobs had aimed for the simplicity that comes from conquering complexities, not ignoring them. "It takes a l...”
“The art of art is simplicity.”
“I am thinking by what long discipline and at what cost a man learns to speak simply at last.”
