Simplicity Quotes

"Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become."

Paramahansa Yogananda

"Nature uses as little as possible of anything."

Johannes Kepler

"Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness."

Bill Bryson

"The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity."

"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread – and Thou."

Omar Khayyam

"There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing."

John Cage

"Aspire not to have more but to be more."

Óscar Romero

"Be good, do good."

Swami Sivananda

"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread – and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness."

Omar Khayyam

"Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty."

"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures."

“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy, hope.”

“Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge.”

“Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.”

“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.”

“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.”

“Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist, but football is only two things: blocking and tackling.”

“I'm not into fashion, but I like design. I wear the same shoes every day.”

“People who pride themselves on their "complexity" and deride others for being "simplistic" should realise that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth.”

“All you need to do to be my friend is like me.”

“To need nothing is divine, and to need as little as possible comes nearest to the divine.”

“My pitching philosophy is simple: keep the ball away from the bat.”

“All I was doing was trying to get home from work.”

“Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.”

“There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point, complexity is fraud.”