Simplicity Quotes...

Simplicity Quotes

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
- Leonardo da Vinci
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"Manifest plainness; Embrace simplicity;
Reduce selfishness; Have few desires."
- Lao Tzu
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"Most of the critical things in life, which become the
starting point for human destiny, are little things."
- R. Smith
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"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the
unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."
- Hans Hofmann
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"Simplicity is the nature of great souls."
- Albert Einstein
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"I adore simple pleasures. They are
the last refuge of the complex."
- Oscar Wilde
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"If one's life is simple, contentment has to come.
Simplicity is extremely important for happiness.
Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have,
is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing,
and shelter to protect yourself from the elements."
- Dalai Lama
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"Everything should be made as simple
as possible, but not simpler."
- Albert Einstein
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"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
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"To find the universal elements enough;
to find the air and water exhilarating; to be refreshed
by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by
the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower
in the spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life."
- John Burroughs
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"Who is rich? He who rejoices in his portion."
- The Talmud
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"Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category
of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache."
- Philip Wylie
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"Live simply that others may simply live."
- Elizabeth Seaton