Quotes About Simplicity

Calculus succeeds by breaking complicated problems down into simpler parts. That strategy, of course, is not unique to calculus. All good problem-solvers know that hard problems become easier when they're split into chunks. The truly radical and distinctive move of calculus is that it takes this divide-and-conquer strategy to its utmost extreme — all the way out to infinity.

However, [Edmund G. Gress] wrote, " we must not simplify to such an extent that life and movement are gone. That is where those persons go wrong who claim that type was made to read, and nothing else matters but the setting up of a paragraph in a legible type so that it can be easily read. We do not read everything that appears in print, but do read that which appears interesting.

That's all it was.

there were no artificial obstacles, things that are insisted upon that make it hard for people to get any work done — things like bureaucracy, security, refusals to share with other people.

Of any activity you do, ask yourself: If I were the last person on earth, would I still do it?

Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark?

Why not share with the world the way it is and tell them my feelings about my cat, and how I played with my kids, and how addicted to Christmas time I am, and the smell of pine needles and hearing my kids laugh.

Recognize, though, that graphs and equations provide an economical and effective way of expressing things that torture the tongue.

Reductionism describes the scheme, and it has a long history of successes.

My heart was full of softening showers, I used to swing like this for hours, I did not care for war or death, I was glad to draw my breath.

Why should we all act so like children? Because we are? Yes, I suppose so." She made a humorous grimace. "But even then, why?" She pondered this for some time. "I suppose it was worth while-all those things I made-in a way," she mused, "and I suppose I wouldn't have made them, otherwise." She looked doubtful. "Is that it? So we will do the things that would not seem worth while-if we stopped to think?"...Yes, that was it!

Het eenvoudige besef, te weten dat men voor altijd een stevig dak boven het hoofd heeft, een tafel om aan te werken, een ander om aan te eten, een bed om in te rusten na het werk, en voor de rest niets te verlangen of te begeren en alles laten zijn gang gaan. In niets geen zwarigheden maken: Ne donner aucune importance à des choses qui n'ont pas d'importance. Dát is het geluk.

I would much prefer our relationship to be easy, for we are to have a relationship, Tayven.

His life was nothing. He was nothing. For a few scant moments, this revelation was spiritual in its purity and simplicity. He felt release.

The Gelaming were sensualists, of course, as were the other tribes of their country. They enjoyed luxury, even of the simplest kind-and perhaps that was the best sort.

Magic takes the path of least resistance.

We are simple folk, us Sacramantans. We need hope as well as despair for a good night out.

Tatrini watched Tayven and Rav outside, as they sat on the lawn: a picture of contentment and innocence.

Their impoverished condition somehow made them very real people. It's hard to be phony when you haven't got anything.

razor blades and shoe laces.

You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.

She is just straight all the way up and down, including her nose and mouth and hair.

They are the abridgments of wisdom.

Você precisa criar sua própria estratégia pessoal para menos confusão, para parar de pensar que precisa gastar dinheiro que não possui em coisas que não precisa para impressionar pessoas que nem gosta.