Quotes About Complexity

Mathematicians enjoy thinking about the simplest possible things, and the simplestpossible things are imaginary.

There are no simple solutions to imaginary problems.

Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge.

Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.

The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line

Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge

God is subtle but he is not malicious.

There is always a well-known solution to every human problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.

Things remain the same because it is impossible to change very much without changing most of everything.

Your brain has more than 100 billion cells, each connected to at least 20,000 other cells. The possible combinations are greater than the number of molecules in the known universe.

God has given to every one of us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Now why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it?

Software sucks because users demand it to.

They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world go on? How could we ever get up off our knees? How could we ever recover from the wonder of it?

Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.

Reductionism is merciless.

We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.

When you're first thinking through an idea, it's important not to get bogged down in complexity. Thinking simply and clearly is hard to do.

Sometimes we reveal ourselves when we are least like ourselves.

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

Look at yourself as someone who is reaching for healing, and at the complexity of what needs to be healed. Do not think that you exist alone without other human beings of equal complexity.

I can tell you I love you as many times as you can stand to hear it, but all it does is remind us that love is not enough. Not even close.