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Things should be as simple as possible, but no simpler.
Albert Einstein
For us, with the rule of right and wrong given us by Christ, there is nothing for which we have no standard. And there is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
Leo Tolstoy
One does not accumulate but eliminate . It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.
Bruce Lee
Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.
Richard Branson
I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.
Henry James
Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals.
George Eliot
Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
A life of simplicity dissolves any barrier between you and God. It ensures abundance and bliss. Happiness, after all, is found in the simplest of things.
Steve Maraboli
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.
Oscar Wilde
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
Christian Nevell Bovee
Life will not bear refinement. You must do as other people do.
Samuel Johnson
The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts.
Willard Gibbs
Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.
Remy de Gourmont
Seek simplicity but distrust it.
Alfred North Whitehead
If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.
Less, but better.
Dieter Rams
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
