Quotes by Simplicity Even a billion people is too much. There's no way back to the simplicity we once knew, but there may be a way forward to the simplicity that we once knew. Terence McKenna way-forwardsimplicitypeople Mo' money, mo' problems. The Notorious B.I.G. simplicityproblem The belief that it is useless to employ partial and palliative means against radical evils, because they only remedy them in part, is an article of faith never preached unsuccessfully by meanness to simplicity, but it is none the less absurd. Theodor Mommsen simplicityevilmean The beauty of Zen is found in simplicity and tranquility, in a sense of the all-embracing harmony of things. Thich Thien-An tranquilitysimplicitybeauty If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned. Thomas a Kempis simplicityhumilityfame Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him. Thomas a Kempis affectionsimplicitygod Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire simplicity follow Jesus only. Thomas a Kempis simplicityprayerjesus If thou hadst simplicity and purity, thou wouldst be able to comprehend all things without error, and behold them without danger. The pure heart safely pervades not only heaven, but hell. Thomas a Kempis simplicityerrorsheart Simplicity reaches out after God; purity discovers and enjoys Him. Thomas a Kempis simplicityenjoypurity The human mind feels restless and dissatisfied under the anxieties of ignorance. It longs for the repose of conviction; and to gain this repose it will often rather precipitate its conclusions than wait for the tardy lights of observation and experiment. There is such a thing, too, as the love of simplicity and system,--a prejudice of the understanding which disposes it to include all the phenomena of nature under a few sweeping generalities,--an indolence which loves to repose on the beauties of a theory rather than encounter the fatiguing detail of its evidences. Thomas Chalmers simplicitylightignorance Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling. Thomas a Kempis simplicitywingstwo In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting. Thomas Eakins paintingsimplicitysimple Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. Thomas Gray simplicitypoorsimple Bless thy simplicity, Tess Thomas Hardy tessblesssimplicity Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject. Thomas Mann simplicitystepsorder The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. Thomas Moore simplicitypracticehome Very well, then: why are you attached to any one book, or to the words and ways of one saint when he himself tells you to let them go and walk in simplicity? To hang on to him as if to make a method of him is to contradict him and to go in the opposite direction to the one in which he would have you travel. Thomas Merton simplicityoppositesbook If we are to love sincerely, and with simplicity, we must first of all overcome the fear of not being loved. Thomas Merton simplicityovercomingfirsts Hatred also is short lived; but that which makes the splendor of the present and the glory of the future remains forever unforgotten Thucydides envysimplicityhatred When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it. Thomas Jefferson simplicitystrongway«4243444546474849505152»
