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• Simplicity, carried to an an extreme, becomes elegance.

  Jon Franklin

  Inspiring, Design, Elegance

  Jon Franklin (1987). “Writing for story: craft secrets of dramatic nonfiction by a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner”, Signet

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• The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

  George Santayana

  Men, Simple Life, Spirit

  George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.204, 谷月社

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• Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Education, Wisdom, Lying

  "Encore : A Continuing Anthology‬". Book by Smith Dent, p. 309, March 1945.

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• Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.

  Philip James Bailey

  Motivational, Art, Lasts

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.458

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• Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means.

  Koichi Kawana

  Mean, Achievement, Insightful

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• A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational Life, Simple, Thinking

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1938). “My Days”

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• As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Life, Peace, Simple

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.88, BookBaby

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• God always takes the simplest way.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Simplicity makes me happy.

  Alicia Keys

  Make Me Happy

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• The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Life, Simple, Trying

  Orison Swett Marden (2005). “An Iron Will”, p.5, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.

  Plautus

  Life, Success, Money

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• During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo.

  Honore de Balzac

  Storm, Captains, Cargo

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• What is conceived well is expressed clearly.

  Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

  Wells

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• Simplicity is cosmic, because it places our life on the same scale as all life, of innocent Nature herself, who is all-powerful.

  Deepak Chopra

  Powerful, Innocent, Scales

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• Simplicity, patience, compassion.
  These three are your greatest treasures.
  Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
  Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.
  Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

  Laozi

  Life, Patience, Philosophy

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• The unavoidable price of reliability is simplicity.

  Tony Hoare

  Reliability, Programming, Computer Science

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• The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, War, School

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• The great seal of truth is simplicity.

  Herman Boerhaave

  Truth, Truth Is, Seals

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• The best things in life are not only free, but the line is shorter.

  Robert Breault

  Life, Lines, Best Things

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• The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.

  Seneca the Younger

  Wise, Men, Hands

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• Suddenly it was clear to me that all the beautiful complexity of life had simplicity at its core.

  Eric Lander

  Beautiful, Complexity, Clear

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• O, how much simpler things would be If eyes could paint or brush could see.

  Robert Breault

  Art, Eye, Would Be

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• Don't get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.

  Mark Hyman, M.D.

  Love, Appreciation, Lying

  "Finger Lickin’ Good" by Mark Hyman, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2012.

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• 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.

  Dalai Lama

  Simple, Feelings, Important

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• When we are truly in this interior simplicity our whole appearance is franker, more natural. This true simplicity. . . makes us conscious of a certain openness, gentleness, innocence, gaiety, and serenity. O, how amiable this simplicity is! Who will give it to me? I leave all for this. It is the pearl of the Gospel.

  Francois Fenelon

  Giving, Serenity, Pearls

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