Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. Henry David Thoreau
Beware the barrenness of a busy life. Socrates
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. Lao Tzu
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. Lao Tzu
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy. Isaac Newton
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance. Buddha
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. Dr. Seuss
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. Ernst F. Schumacher
That’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. Steve Jobs
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. Winston Churchill
To be content, look backward on those who possess less than yourself, not forward on those who possess more. If this does not make you content, you don’t deserve to be happy. Benjamin Franklin
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. Dalai Lama
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. Henry David Thoreau
Let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. Henry David Thoreau
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
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. Albert Einstein
If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself. Albert Einstein
When the solution is simple, God is answering. Albert Einstein
If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough. Oprah Winfrey
Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. Warren Buffett
It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential. The closer to the source, the less wastage there is. Bruce Lee
Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. Steve Jobs
Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple. Richard Branson
Don’t confuse having a career with having a life. Hillary Clinton
One should use common words to say uncommon things. Arthur Schopenhauer
One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. Jack Kerouac
