Quotes by Simplicity Happiness is gentleness, peace, concentration, simplicity, forgiveness, humor, fearlessness, trust, and now. Hugh Prather gentlenessconcentrationsimplicity Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! Henry David Thoreau simplicity During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo. Honore de Balzac captainsstormsimplicity We favor hypotheses for their simplicity and explanatory power, much as the architect of the world might have done in choosing which possibility to create. Ian Hacking simplicitydoneworld To criticize mathematics for its abstraction is to miss the point entirely. Abstraction is what makes mathematics work. If you concentrate too closely on too limited an application of a mathematical idea, you rob the mathematician of his most important tools: analogy, generality, and simplicity. Mathematics is the ultimate in technology transfer. Ian Stewart simplicitytechnologyideas The best painters, as they progress in reputation and towards perfection, are found to dispense more and more with the technique of the art, for simpler methods. Simplicity never fails to charm. Honore de Balzac simplicityperfectionart Ancient simplicity is gone...the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery. Ihara Saikaku simplicitygonepeople Some simple dishes recommend themselves to our imaginations as well as palates. Henry David Thoreau simplicityimaginationsimple I love a life whose plot is simple. Henry David Thoreau simplicityplotsimple So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul. Ignatius of Loyola simplicityand-lovesoul Gentleness in the gait is what simplicity is in the dress. Violent gestures or quick movements inspire involuntary disrespect. Honore de Balzac disrespectsimplicityinspire Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction. Ingvar Kamprad ikeacommon-sensesimplicity We are happy in proportion to the things we can do without. Henry David Thoreau proportionless-is-moresimplicity Simplicity is the peak of civilization. Henry David Thoreau simplicitycivilization As for the complex ways of living, I love them not, however much I practice them. In as many places as possible, I will get my feet down to the earth. Henry David Thoreau simplicitypracticefeet The savage lives simply through ignorance and idleness or laziness, but the philosopher lives simply through wisdom. Henry David Thoreau savagessimplicityignorance To what end do I lead a simple life at all, pray? That I may teach others to simplify their lives? - and so all our lives be simplified merely, like an algebraic formula? Or not, rather, that I may make use of the ground I have cleared to live more worthily and profitably? Henry David Thoreau simplicitysimpleuse The rule is to carry as little as possible. Henry David Thoreau simplicitylittles My themes will not be far-fetched. I will tell of homely every-day phenomena and adventures. Henry David Thoreau scrapbookingsimplicityadventure Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness. Isaac Barrow shallownesssimplicitycrafts«1819202122232425262728»
