Every solution to every problem is simple. It’s the distance between the two where the mystery lies.

A lady once offered me a mat, but as I had no room to spare within the house, nor time to spare within or without to shake it, I declined it, preferring to wipe my...

When we are able to do something so easily, we regard such thing as simple; but simplicity is complexity. Withing the things which are simple lay the things which are complex and within the things...

When the peasants and their song had vanished from his sight and hearing, a heavy feeling of anguish at his loneliness, his bodily idleness, his hostility to this world, came over him…It was all drowned...

Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted.

At times his arrogance did resolve itself into simplicity, though it was difficult, especially for strangers, to distinguish these occasions.

I find that often simple words say all that needs to be said in less time, using less energy, with all the details wanted- fully in tact. Love it.

Most things that are true are simple. To lose weight, eat less than you burn. To reduce stress, find a job you love. To resolve conflict, be patient and peaceful. These are very, very simple...

Water’s water and that’s why it’s beautiful.

All things are accomplished by the meditative act of releasing illusions and simply becoming.

Solitude is the most fertile land that yields the bumper crop of minds creativity

You must speak straight so that your words may go as sunlight into our hearts.

History as well as life itself is complicated — neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.

Happiness is in simplicity. To be happy, always try to have happy thoughts.

I beseech you, little brothers, that you be as wise as brother Daisy and brother dandelion; for never do they lie awake thinking of tomorrow, yet they have gold crowns like kings and emperors or...

Your kindness, beauty, and simplicity remind me the stories about angels, and I was told they are just legends and myths.

..things are never as complicated as they seem. It is only our arrogance that prompts us to find unnecessarily complicated answers to simple problems.

There is a level of consciousness between sleeping and fully wakening when the worries of the day have not settled upon us; the body is stilled, and the senses wholly receptive. If the sun is...

If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.

Simplify your life. You don’t grow spiritual, you shrink spiritual.

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.

The Tejo runs down from SpainAnd the Tejo goes into the sea in Portugal.Everybody knows that.But not many people know the river of my villageAnd where it comes fromAnd where it’s going.And so, because it...

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One who understands much displays a greater simplicity of character than one who understands little

The Greeks made Space the subject-matter of a science of supreme simplicity and certainty. Out of it grew, in the mind of classical antiquity, the idea of pure science. Geometry became one of the most...

They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.

A slight concussion of the brain simplifies matters so beautifully.(“Three O’Clock”)

Human beings, viewed as behaving systems, are quite simple. The apparent complexity of our behavior over time is largely a reflection of the complexity of the environment in which we find ourselves.

The game of love is complicated, but love is not complicated.

Excess has impaired perspective in America.

Personally, I am always more impressed by simplicity, clarity; it is the mark of a writer who knows his subject well and is secure enough not to ‘lay it on’ in the telling. Aim for...

Life is a complex matter thrown into the hands of simple people.

Silence frees us from the need to control others. One reason we can hardly bear to remain silent is that it makes us feel so helpless. We are accustomed to relying upon words to manage...

The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes. They cannot sound otherwise to those who have not had the...

In literature, too, we admire prose in which a small and astutely arranged set of words has been constructed to carry a large consignment of ideas. ‘We all have strength enough to bear the misfortunes...

LOVE YOURSELF” does not mean to do only what one feels or perceives is right, but the thing which is morally right for everyone.

Simplicity comes at a cost; the rich can’t stand for, forget affording.

When you forget about the how, go back to the why.

People who advocate simplicity have money in the bank; the money came first, not the simplicity.

I want a simple, ordinary life . . . like humans enjoy.

Everyday we have a high calling that we need to fulfill and everyday we can do it whether it’s just to smile at somebody we little know.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

If your looking to write a book, your creativity, originality and simplicity is what will distinguish you.

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.

In order to pick something up, you’ve got to put something down.

I strongly believe that success is directly proprotional to one’s ability to be simple and comfortable. In fact, simplicity and comfort have a multiplication effect, thus increasing the chances of expedited and sustained success.

A row of trees far away, there on the hillside.But what is it, a row of trees? It’s just trees.Row and the plural trees aren’t things, they’re names.

You can become instantly successful with a simple thought, but long-lasting and pronounced success comes to those who renew their commitment to a mindset of abundance every minute of every hour of every day.

The best charity to serve humanity is just a person’s simplicity of living with his basic necessity

Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.