I am a complicated person with a simple life.

They thought more before nine a.m. than most people thought all month. I remember once declining cherry pie at dinner, and Rand cocked his head and said, ‘Ahh! Iconoclast. Disdains the easy, symbolic patriotism.’ And...

There are many reasons to be simple. It’s simply to learn effectively, to work positively, to communicate actively and to live successfully.

Not until we are faced with a crisis or sadness do we begin to remember that if we only laughed a bit more, loved a lot more, and felt the simplicity of loving ourselves-just a...

These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves — they’re good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on ’em.

No one is as simple as they may seem to be.

It’s on the path of simplicity that love prefers to walk.

Don’t tell me about your effort. Show me your results.

Then on your tombstone, where you only get a little bit of space to sum up your life, some wax-faced creep chisels a set of meaningless numbers instead of poetry or a secret love or...

All the evil in the world comes from us bothering with each other,Wanting to do good, wanting to do evil.Our soul and the sky and the earth are enough for us.To want more is to...

Practising honestly the simplicity in life is an act of humanity so, in fact, a true spirituality which is always a service to an omnipresent, invisible power called God Almighty.

The key to a good meal is simplicity and the right seasoning.

I don’t believe in a lot of baggage. It’s such a nuisance. Life’s too short to fuss with it. And it isn’t really necessary

The vanity of intelligence is that the intelligent man is often more committed to ‘one-upping’ his opponent than being truthful. When the idea of intelligence, rather than intelligence itself, becomes a staple, there is no...

Stephen Covey, in his book The 8th Habit, decribes a poll of 23,000 employees drawn from a number of companies and industries. He reports the poll’s findings: * Only 37 percent said they have a...

It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are.

Do not be a stupid, unless someone is paying you to be.

1.17 THE WORLDLY WAYSThe world, the din, the time, the kin,In our days are a sin,Love’s condemned and not true,A farce for sex, a laugh at You.[179] – 1Simplicity is a crime,Frauds and liars are...

If Mere Christianity helps make Christianity comprehensible, Orthodoxy makes it weird again.

The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence.

I am not posing these questions only to the world at large. I query us who own Christ as our life. Can God be pleased by the vast and increasing inequities among us? Is he...

That’s the way progress works: the more we build up these vast repertoires of scientific and technological understanding, the more we conceal them.

If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.

(…) assim como é preciso evitar uma sobrecarga de ornamentações na arquitetura, nas artes discursivas é preciso evitar sobretudo os floreios retóricos desnecessários, todas as amplificações inúteis e, acima de tudo, o que há de...

Lonely is the world largely for those who have earned the wealth a lot or who have learned the truth a lot. The former never acknowledges it and the later never experiences it.

Grow in a way without losing much of our inner childlike deep senses embracing truthful, pure, simple relief of appreciation and gratitude.

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your...

Make it so obvious even a computer couldn’t be confused.

Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it.

When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity.

Despite all our amazing ability, ingenuity, technology and industry humans are the one species who have not mastered the art of simplicity.

Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views – then the world will be governed.

To simplify your life, just think of yourself as a four-year-old child. Try to imagine the way he thinks of reality. If you have to talk to someone about a so-called complicated matter, see how...

In normal life, “simplicity” is synonymous with “easy to do,” but when a chef uses the word, it means “takes a lifetime to learn.

For us to deem a work of architecture elegant, it is hence not enough that it look simple: we must feel that the simplicity it displays has been hard won, that it flows from the...

A person who is true to himself likes and loves others for what they are and not what they have.

There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table.

To simplify complications is the first essential of success.

Le vrai est trop simple, il faut y arriver toujours par le compliqué.”(“The truth is too simple: one must always get there by a complicated route.”)[Letter to Armand Barbès, 12 May 1867]

He who despises simplicity will shout for a simple lifebuoy when drowning in the ocean of complexity!

Simplicity is the spring of heart.

There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world.

What’s really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely...

Supernatural simplicity viewed and perceived with complexity, naturally; many suffer from an outside-in misunderstanding.

Every day offers us simple gifts when we are willing to search our hearts for the place that’s right for each of us. (January 15)

If I talk about her like she’s a beingIt’s because talking about her I need to use the language of menWhich gives personality to things,And imposes a name on things.

Seek for illumination of self, and then the world, through the simple, humble, almighty, supreme virtue of love.

people notice the most beautiful dress every person can wear,……… a “smile

To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity, indoor plumbing, central heating, instant electronic communication and such, have taught me to...