Quotes About Simplicity

To be simple, humble, and thoughtful as we listen to others and help them come to faith in the One who has given us life.

What he sensed more than anything else was kindness – a kindness of a human and immediate sort. It was surprising how very radical this simple emotion could be.

When multiple explanations exist, the simplest is usually correct.

Without Wax...

Penjelasan paling sederhana biasanya adalah penjelasan yang paling sulit dipahami

The promises of science have not been kept. Promises of efficiency and simplicity have bred nothing but pollution and chaos.

Replication. Repeating a symbol is the simplest way to strengthen its meaning. Jacques Saunière positioned himself in the shape of a five-pointed star." If one pentacle is good, two is better.

Sometimes all it takes to unravel something is a single strand.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Whatever our circumstances, everything can feel so simple, so beautiful, and so right when we no longer pay attention to the mind's incessant chatter.

There is no need to search . . . achievement leads nowhere . . . makes no difference at all. Just be happy now. Release your struggle, let go of your mind, throw away your concerns, and relax into the world. No need to resist life. Open your eyes and see that you are far more than you think. You are already free.

When a man has learned to live without money, he thought, a few rubles can go a long way.

A young child responds freshly to each moment, without plans or expectations. This is a good way to fight…a good way to live.

She had always felt that the essence of human experience lay not primarily in the peak experiences, the wedding days and triumphs which stood out in the memory like dates circled in red on old calendars, but, rather, in the unself-conscious flow of little things—

the essence of human experience lay not primarily in the peak experiences, the wedding days and triumphs which stood out in the memory like dates circled in red on old calendars, but, rather, in the unselfconscious flow of little things – the weekend afternoon with each member of the family engaged in his or her own pursuit, their crossings and connections casual, dialogues imminently forgettable, but the sum of such hours creating a synergy which was important and eternal.

Death, she decides early, is simple. One dies and makes the grass and flowers grow. Everything else is a crock of shit.

Occam's Razor: All other things being equal, the simplest solution is usually the correct one. —William of Occam, fourteenth century Darwin's Blade: All other things being equal, the simplest solution is usually stupidity. —Darwin Minor, twenty-first century

You had a corollary to Occam's Razor," persisted Syd. "I think it went—'All other things being equal, the simplest solution is usually stupidity.

In the first place , I was removed from all the wickedness of the world here. I had neither the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, or the pride of life. I had nothing to covet; for I had all that I was now capable of enjoying.

Das kann ich, sagte ich einfältiges Kind.

Los niños pequeños no se preocupan de la posición de alguien, ni de su educación o de si es rico o pobre –dice–. Responden a la sonrisa en tu rostro».

complexity—to reason—plummeted.

Lo pequeño es hermoso: economía como si la gente importase.

Relax, she said. You will be wise. You're young. You can't have everything right away. When something simple and true takes you by surprise, it hits you in the stomach.