Simplicity Quotes

1222 quotes by 803 authors

There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty. — Keith O'Brien
I would absolutely love to go back to the simplicity of the '80s, where there wasn't texting, social media, iPhones, or smartphones. I love the… — Matthew Rhys
I'm a big fan of simplicity, especially with songs and I try not to make them complicated. I just make them simple and let people… — Graham Russell
One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb. — Edward Sapir
Looking back at my earlier pictures, I think that the work is very much coming from the same place. I have gone through a period… — Tim Walker
Don't run away from the world. The world is God. Don't run towards the world. God is the void. Don't be afraid of the complexities… — Frederick Lenz
Simplicity is a bliss that makes one comprehend. — Criss Jami
A pure heart is perhaps one which has no natural propulsion towards anything in any manner whatsoever. When in its extreme simplicity such a heart… — Maximus the Confessor
My ideals told me that men and women could both go out to work and be truly equal. My children told me something more complicated,… — Allison Pearson
When we are truly in this interior simplicity our whole appearance is franker, more natural. This true simplicity. . . makes us conscious of a… — Francois Fenelon
The boy and girl going hand in hand through a meadow; the mother washing her baby; the sweet simple things in life. We have almost… — Edward Steichen
Prison life taught him how little one can get along with, and what extraordinary spiritual freedom and peace such simplification can bring. I remember again,… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable. — Dag Hammarskjold
Simplicity brings back the joys of Paradise. Not that we have pure pleasure without a moment's suffering, but when we are surrendered to God, we… — Francois Fenelon
Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain ... — Jan Karon
No benefit is more constant than simplicity; no happiness more constant than peace. — Han Fei
Unity and simplicity are the two true sources of beauty. — Johann Joachim Winckelmann
The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity. — Charles Alexander Eastman
Simplicity is the key. — Ritchie Blackmore
And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of… — Bernard Cornwell

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