Simplicity Quotes

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During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo. — Honore de Balzac
It is not merely the truth of science that makes it beautiful, but its simplicity. — Walker Percy
The simplicity of winter has a deep moral. The return of Nature, after such a career of splendor and prodigality, to habits so simple and… — John Burroughs
Affected simplicity is an elegant imposture. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We find ourselves more taken with the running up and down, the games, and puerile simplicities of our children, than we do, afterward, with their… — Michel de Montaigne
To my mind that literature is best and most enduring which is characterized by a noble simplicity. — Mark Twain
To abandon the principle of simplicity would be to abandon all reasoning about the external world — Jim Holt
O, how much simpler things would be If eyes could paint or brush could see. — Robert Breault
In many areas of understanding, none so much as in our understanding of God, we bump up against a simplicity so profound that we must… — Robert Breault
All goes back to the earth, and so I do not desire pride of excess or power, but the contentments made by men who have… — Wendell Berry
Artistry is to a large degree simplicity. — L. Ron Hubbard
Realize thy Simple Self, Embrace thy Original Nature. — Laozi
By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity. — Thomas a Kempis
Simplicity is the mean between ostentation and rusticity. — Alexander Pope
Whatever science and philosophy may do for mankind, the world can never outgrow its need of the simplicity that is in Christ. — Lucy Larcom
I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to unsophistication, and made a conscious return to… — Lin Yutang
The famous Florentine elegance, which attracts tourists to the shops on Via Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna Nuova, is characterized by austerity of line, simplicity,… — Mary McCarthy
When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the… — Eddie Van Halen
What is conceived well is expressed clearly. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Children are born with their own optimism. They have a clarity and a simplicity that we can only wish for. — Meshell Ndegeocello

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