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"As you let go of the complications, emotional toxins, and everything else that isn't serving you, you will be free to experience the happiness that exists in simplicity."
"I believe we were all glad to leave New Zealand. It is not a pleasant place. Amongst the natives there is absent that charming simplicity .... and the greater part of the English are the very refuse of society."
"We have a passion for keeping things simple."
"The true work of art is always on the human scale. It is essentially the one that says, 'less."
"What I'm really interested in is whether God could have made the world in a different way; that is, whether the necessity of logical simplicity leaves any freedom at all."
"A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the more extended is its area of applicability. Therefore the deep impression which classical thermodynamics made upon me. It is the only physical theory of universal content concerning which I am convinced that within the framework of the applicability of its basic concepts, it will never be overthrown."
"Simplicity makes me happy."
"It the proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way."
"Simplicity is not the same as stupidity"
"There is goodness as well as greatness in simplicity, not in wealth."
"simplicity is the best sophistication"
"From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs."
"Simplicity, without which no human performance can arrive at perfection."
"The price we pay for the complexity of life is too high. When you think of all the effort you have to put in -telephonic, technological and relational -to alter even the slightest bit of behavior in this strange world we call social life, you are left pining for the straightforwardness of primitive peoples and their physical work."
"Gentleness in the gait is what simplicity is in the dress. Violent gestures or quick movements inspire involuntary disrespect."
"The thought that, insignificant as she was, she yet might do some good, made her very careful of her acts and words, and so anxious to keep head contented and face happy, that she forgot her clothes, and made others do the same. She did not know it, but that good old fashion of simplicity made the plain gowns pretty, and the grace of unconsciousness beautified their little wearer with the charm that makes girlhood sweetest to those who truly love and reverence it."
"The aspects of a thing that are most important to us are hidden to us because of their simplicity and familiarity."
"If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements."
"We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life."
"Simplicity is the heart of everything. If you look to the desert, apparently the desert is very simple but it's full of life, it's full of hidden places and the beauty is that it looks simple but it's complex in the way that it expresses the soul of the world or God."
