Simplicity Quotes
Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.
Graham GreeneGraham Greene One thing alone I charge you. As you live, believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life. The only possible death is to lose belief in this truth simply because the great end comes slowly, because time is long.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning.
MaimonidesMaimonides My feeling is, quite simply, that if there is a God, He has done such a bad job that he isn’t worth discussing.
Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov The first man, who, after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society.
Jean-Jacques RousseauJean-Jacques Rousseau How can you stop yourself from yelling and shouting and accusing everyone of cruelty? The easy answer is that the aggressive approach simply doesn’t work.
Jane GoodallJane Goodall Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
Calvin CoolidgeCalvin Coolidge I sometimes struggle, because my job is like the antithesis of what surfing is all about. Surfing’s simple. It’s real.
Paul WalkerPaul Walker Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Simplicity requires ruthlessness.
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.
Charles DickensCharles Dickens At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Love is simply a bundle of feelings that we express, whether to attract, arouse or communicate our thoughts to someone else.
Mwanandeke KindemboMwanandeke Kindembo I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking.
Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls Wilder Delight and liberty, the simple creed of childhood.
William WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth