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"I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to unsophistication, and made a conscious return to simplicity of thinking and living."
"What we call a mind is nothing but a heap or collection of different perceptions, united together by certain relations and supposed, though falsely, to be endowed with a perfect simplicity and identity."
"I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering."
"From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity."
"Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest. Some things in the world are far more important than wealth; one of them is the ability to enjoy simple things."
"Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple."
"We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs."
"The leader is one who, out of the clutter, brings simplicity... out of discord, harmony... and out of difficulty, opportunity."
"Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction."
"After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains."
"May you find in yourself enough patience to endure and enough simplicity to have faith."
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication-- Steve Jobs turned this into the slogan behind an early Mac advertising campaign. Which doesn't make it less true."
"I know you have 1000 great ideas for things that iTunes could do. And we have 1000 more. But innovation is not about saying "yes" to everything. It's about saying "no" to all but the most crucial features."
"But I am not perfect in my way of putting things Because I lack the divine simplicity Of being only what I appear to be."
"Simplicity is a delicate imposition."
"Taste has never been corrupted by simplicity."
"The harder you work, the more confidence you get. But you may be working hard on something that is false."
"It's simplicity itself that its future will be way worse than its past."
"Seek simplicity, and distrust it."
"Greatness of spirit is accompanied by simplicity and sincerity."
