Simplicity Quotes

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Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness. The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for… — Seneca the Younger
In this apparatus is nothing new but its simplicity and thorough trustworthiness. On his revolutionary method of organic analysis. — Justus von Liebig
Analyse data just so far as to obtain simplicity and no further. — Henri Poincare
Avoid complexities. Make everything as simple as possible. — Henry Maudslay
Besides it is an error to believe that rigour is the enemy of simplicity. On the contrary we find it confirmed by numerous examples that… — David Hilbert
I am a great believer in the simplicity of things and as you probably know I am inclined to hang on to broad & simple… — Ernest Rutherford
I was sitting in a chair in the patent office at Bern when all of a sudden a thought occurred to me: "If a person… — Albert Einstein
If this seems complex, the reason is because Tao is both simple and complex. It is complex when we try to understand it, and simple… — Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal
If we seek for the simplest arrangement, which would enable it [the eye] to receive and discriminate the impressions of the different parts of the… — Thomas Young
In the simplest array of digits [Ramanujan] detected wonderful properties: congruences, symmetries and relationships which had escaped the notice of even the outstandingly gifted theoreticians. — James R Newman
It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last. — Elbert Hubbard
Physics, owing to the simplicity of its subject matter, has reached a higher state of development than any other science. — Bertrand Russell
Prejudice for regularity and simplicity is a source of error that has only too often infected philosophy. — Roger Joseph Boscovich
Radioimmunoassay (RIA) is simple in principle. — Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
I think that a person who is attached to riches, who lives with the worry of riches, is actually very poor. If this person puts… — Mother Teresa
One day there springs up the desire for money and for all that money can provide - the superfluous, luxury in eating, luxury in dressing,… — Mother Teresa
Do nondoing, strive for non-stiving, savor the flavourless, make much of little, repay enmity with virture; plan for difficulty when it is still easy, do… — Laozi
If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, This is the best season of your life. — Wumen Huikai
Simplicity is the peak of civilization. — Henry David Thoreau
Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much. — Joshua Reynolds

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