We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness. ~ Isaac Barrow
True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
To make yourself understood you have to think plain and write plain. ~ William Feather
To be simple is the best thing in the world. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth. ~ Count Leo Tolstoy
There is a simplicity that exists on the far side of complexity, and there is a communication of sentiment and attitude not to be discovered by careful exegesis of a text. ~ Patrick Buchanan
The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling. ~ Orison Marden
The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn’t simple. ~ Doris Janzen Longacre
The trouble with measurement is its seeming simplicity. ~ Author Unknown
The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. ~ Thomas Moore
The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply. ~ Kahlil Gibran
The height of cultivation runs to simplicity. Halfway cultivation runs to ornamentation. ~ Bruce Lee
The greatest truths are the simplest: so likewise are the greatest men. ~ Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare
The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go. ~ Steve Maraboli
The great seal of truth is simplicity. ~ Herman Boerhaave
The great artist and thinker are the simplifiers. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel
The criterion of simplicity requires that the minimum number of assumptions be postulated. ~ Albert Low
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. ~ Walt Whitman
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. ~ Hans Hofmann
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy. ~ Richard Halloway
Simplicity, carried to an extreme, becomes elegance. ~ Jon Franklin
Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement. ~ WILLIAM MORRIS
Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought. ~ William Hazlitt
Simplicity of character is no hindrance to subtlety of intellect. ~ John Morley
Simplicity of all things is the hardest to copy. ~ Sir Richard Steele
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~ Leonardo DaVinci
Simplicity is the seal of truth. ~ Traditional Proverb
Simplicity is the peak of civilization. ~ Jessie Sampter
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. ~ George Sand
Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts. ~ Brian Herbert & Keven Anferson
Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself. ~ Francois de Salignac Fenelon
Simplicity is Nature’s first step, and the last of Art. ~ Philip James Bailey
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. ~ Charles Warner
Simplicity is a strict taskmaster. ~Mason Cooley
Simplicity is a great element of good breeding. ~ Fanny Kemble
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Seek simplicity but distrust it. ~ Alfred North Whitehead
Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. ~ Edwin Way Teale
Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. ~ Albert Einstein
Nothing so truly becomes feminine beauty as simplicity. ~ Dorothee DeLuzy
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Live simply that others might simply live. ~ Elizabeth Ann Seton
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. ~ Confucius
I’m just a simple guy; I live from day to day. A ray of sunshine melts my frown and blows my blues away. ~ Led Zeppelin
I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple. ~ Albert Einstein
I go about looking at horses and cattle. They eat grass, make love, work when they have to, bear their young. I am sick with envy of them. ~ Sherwood Anderson
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind. ~ Albert Einstein
How desirable is this simplicity! Who will give it to me? I will quit all else; it is the pearl of great price. ~ Francois de Salignac Fenelon
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ~ Albert Einstein,
Beware the barrenness of a busy life. ~ Socrates
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. ~ Lin Yutang
Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~ Lao Tzu
Anything simple always interests me. ~ David Hockney
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction. ~ E.F. Schumacher
