One of the purest souls ever to live on this fallen planet was Nicholas Herman, known as Brother Lawrence. He wrote very… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we apply simplicity to our own lives, when we strip away the unnecessary, the extraneous from ourselves, we become more truly… — Jennifer Kavanagh Copy Share Image
For the most part, we, who could choose simplicity, choose complication. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
One of the advantages of being born in an affluent society is that if one has any intelligence at all, one will… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
To produce a really good biological theory one must try to see through the clutter produced by evolution to the basic mechanisms… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“Teach me the wilderness simplicity. Help me to point to you, honestly and joyously, as the threshold of all that really matters.” — Calvin Miller Copy Share Image
Maybe you have thought that doing... little kindnesses doesn't make much difference, but as Alma said, "By small and simple things are… — Joe J. Christensen Copy Share Image
Artistic simplicity is more complex than artistic complexity for it arises via the simplification of the latter and against its backdrop or… — Yuri Lotman Copy Share Image
I saw a production of 'Titus Andronicus' at the Royal Shakespeare Company with Brian Cox back in 1987. That sort of rocked… — Michael Stuhlbarg Copy Share Image
The best painters, as they progress in reputation and towards perfection, are found to dispense more and more with the technique of… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I hate and fear 'science' because of my conviction that, for long to come if not for ever, it will be the… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties. — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
Indeed, I still read a fair amount of French literature and I am very attracted to the emotional depth and simplicity of… — Carol Drinkwater Copy Share Image
“He knew then what it was that Liz had given him; the thing that he would have to go back and find… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
If only simplicity were not the most difficult of all things. It consists of watching objectively the development of any fragment of… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Doing a straight-forward, clear-cut task that has a beginning and an end balances out the complexity-without-end that often vexes the rest of… — Robert Fulghum Copy Share Image
“Reducing the number of possessions that you have is not a goal unto itself. I think minimalism is a method for individuals… — Fumio Sasaki Copy Share Image