"Actually, being what you are is the simplest. What is difficult is to stop being what you are not."
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"When multiple explanations exist, the simplest is usually correct."
"If I can capture truth in its simplest form, beauty will follow like a sledgehammer."
"The most difficult thing is what is thought to be the simplest; to really see the things which are before your eyes."
"Life's simplest answers are often the easiest to overlook."
"In war the simplest manoeuvres are the best."
"The simplest explanation is most often the correct one."
"The simplest answer is to act."
"The simplest thought, like the concept of the number one, has an elaborate logical underpinning."
"This is the simplest of all thoughts, that Death must come when we call, although he is a god."