Quotes by Simplicity Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man. Henry Adams hypesimplicitymen The good word of the Lord with which we must nourish is the simple doctrine of the gospel. We need not fear either simplicity or repetition. Henry B. Eyring doctrinesimplicitysimple Furious activity is no substitute for understanding. Henry Williams simplicitylearningscience To be always ready a man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied. Henri Frederic Amiel simplicitycuttingmen Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow simplicityperfectioncharacter Simplicity is not a goal, but one arrives at simplicity in spite of oneself, as one approaches the real meaning of things. Herbert Read simplicityrealgoal The great seal of truth is simplicity. Herman Boerhaave truth-issimplicitytruth ... numbers have neither substance, nor meaning, nor qualities. They are nothing but marks, and all that is in them we have put into them by the simple rule of straight succession. Hermann Weyl simplicitysimplenumbers A modern mathematical proof is not very different from a modern machine, or a modern test setup: the simple fundamental principles are hidden and almost invisible under a mass of technical details. Hermann Weyl simplicityprinciplessimple True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity. Henry Ward Beecher elegancesimplicityapproach I am struck by the simplicity of light in the atmosphere in the autumn, as if the earth absorbed none, and out of this profusion of dazzling light came the autumnal tints. Henry David Thoreau autumnsimplicitylight I am a simple man and I want simple answers. Howard Aiken simplicitysimplemen The very austerity of the Brahmans is tempting to the devotional soul, as a more refined and nobler luxury. Wants so easily and gracefully satisfied seem like a more refined pleasure. Their conception of creation is peaceful as a dream. Henry David Thoreau luxurysimplicitydream Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! Henry David Thoreau simplicitymenlife I find that kid actors are great reminders of the simplicity of acting. As you get older, you can sometimes complicate things a little more. You can become too aware of, 'Okay, this is the scene emotionally. This is where we need to be. We've got the climax coming up.' You can start to analyze it too much. Hugh Jackman simplicityactingkids The components of happiness are quite simple. Happiness is gentleness, peace, concentration, simplicity, forgiveness, humor, fearlessness, trust, and now. In its true form each quality includes all the rest, for happiness is whole, and one feels whole when genuinely happy. Hugh Prather simplicityqualitysimple 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 simplicitysimpletwo Let your capital be simplicity and contentment. Henry David Thoreau simplicitycontentment Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. Henry David Thoreau simplicitymoneyspiritual When discussing complex systems like brains and other societies, it is easy to oversimplify: I call this Occam's lobotomy. I. J. Good lobotomysimplicitybrain«1718192021222324252627»
