Quotes About Simplicity

Completely forget about the mind and you will do all things well

Leonardo da Vinci pointed out that "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

My heart is pure as the driven slush.

in times of turmoil, people lose their taste for subtleties and their tolerance for ambiguity.

I had forgotten even how to want something slow, something soft, something with wide spaces and its own sure-footed swaying rhythms.

two of the human race's greatest myths: the possibility of permanence, and the simplicity of human nature.

It wasn't a remarkable face in any way, but it had a clean-lined sweetness that brought up summer barbecues, golden retrievers, soccer games on new-mown grass, and I have always been caught by the pull of the unremarkable, by the easily missed, infinitely nourishing beauty of the mundane.

nothing takes as much work as effortlessness.

the truth is that every murder case is, if not simple, capable of simplicity, and that this is not only necessary but breathtaking, that if there are miracles then this is one. In these rooms, the world's vast hissing tangle of shadows burns away, all its treacherous grays are honed to the stark purity of a bare blade, two-edged:cause and effect, good and evil.

Worrying had always seemed to me like a laughable waste of time and energy; so much simpler to go happily about your business and deal with the problem when it arose, if it did, which it mostly didn't.

and their days make no story for they were good and joyful and without event

Oh, for fuck's sake; sometimes a raccoon is just a raccoon!

Uma das grandes vantagens da infância é que não temos um gosto refinado.

It would take her thousands of steps to get anywhere, but she would get there easily, and when she arrived, in the present, it would seem like it had been a single movement that brought her there. Did existence ever seem worked for? One seemed simply to be here, less an accumulation of moments than a single arrangement continuously gifted from some inaccessible future.

Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it. Claim wealth and titles, and disaster will follow. Retire when the work is done. This is the way of heaven.

The most important thing is remembering the most important thing.

Genetics is a bit like peeking behind a movie's special effects to find a deceptively simple and elegant system running the whole show.

Duboko i jednostavno: onaj ko ne može voljeti, ne može ni razumjeti.

Contrary to what most people say and believe, the simplicity is a great thing, i actually believe in - complexity is a fantastic thing and complex things should be approached in a complex way.

She (Emily Dickinson) loved simplicity, and perhaps withdrrew into seclusion because it was the simplest way of doing what she wanted to do; express her ideas and thoughts in poetry which no one whom she knew would understand. This was as natural to her as breathing, but the pretense of the people around her seemed unnatural.

just because mindfulness is simple does not mean that it is easy.

I like my mimosas like I like my men...transparent.

If my childhood were a sandwich, there would be no meat hanging off the bread.

love is supposed to be convenient. its supposed to be easy.