Simplicity Quotes

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All of us--all who knew her--felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful when we stood astride her ugliness. Her… — Toni Morrison
The important thing to understand about American history, wrote Mr. Ibis, in his leather-bound journal, is that it is fictional, a charcoal-sketched simplicity for the… — Neil Gaiman
He believed that he must, that he could and would recover the good things, the happy things, the easy tranquil things of life. He had… — Saul Bellow
Quick now, here, now, always- A condition of complete simplicity (Costing not less than everything) And all shall be well and All manner of thing… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge — Winston Churchill
So much wanting and longing, clutching, desiring, passion and hatred and terrible need. Here, death was suitable, there was room for it, the grip of… — Janet Fitch
Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth. — Mary Wollstonecraft
He always reminded us that every atom in our bodies was once part of a distant star that had exploded. He talked about how evolution… — Greg Iles
A curious thing about the ontological problem is its simplicity. It can be put into three Anglo-Saxon monosyllables: 'What is there?' It can be answered,… — Willard Van Orman Quine
The Winter Woman is as wild as a blizzard, as fresh as new snow. While some see her as cold, she has a fiery heart… — Christopher Moore
One of the purest souls ever to live on this fallen planet was Nicholas Herman, known as Brother Lawrence. He wrote very little, but what… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid… — Mahatma Gandhi
At the simplicity of the gesture, he felt a pang: the raw nerve of his loneliness exposed. — Maile Meloy
Yet I know that good is coming to meâ€”that good is always coming; though few have at all times the simplicity and the courage to… — George MacDonald
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance. — Coco Chanel
Any intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it takes a genius to retain, or recapture, simplicity. — E F Schumacher
Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensionally, to glory in the mystery and… — M. Scott Peck
Seek simplicity, and distrust it. — Alfred North Whitehead
Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness. — Bill Bryson
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not… — William Ellery Channing

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