Nature is pleased with simplicity.Isaac NewtonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Simplicity Quotes, Sayings and Proverbs
Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.
Less is more.Mies van der RoheAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.Thomas à KempisAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Let us learn to live simply, so that others may simply live.Mahatma GandhiAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.Charles MingusAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.Hans HofmannAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Simplicity is an exact medium between too little and too much.Sir Joshua ReynoldsAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Simplicity is the nature of great souls.Papa RamadasAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.Edwin Way TealeAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!Henry David ThoreauAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.AnonymousTraditional attribution
Simplicity is indeed often the sign of truth and a criterion of beauty.Mahlon HoaglandAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.Eleanor RooseveltAttributed in the original GADEL collection
I’ve learned to keep things simple. Look at your choices, pick the best one, then go to work with all your heart.Pat RileyAttributed in the original GADEL collection
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.Laura Ingalls WilderAttributed in the original GADEL collection
In character, in manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.Henry Longsworth LongfellowAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent.E. F. SchumackerAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.Winston ChurchillAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Simplicity is the final achievement.Frederic ChopinAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Simplicity is the glory of expression.Walt WhitmanAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity.Ezra PoundAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Life is beautiful in its simplicity.Thomas MatthiessenAttributed in the original GADEL collection
You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans.Indian proverbTraditional attribution
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.SocratesAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.Thomas MoreAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Original collection & source
Original title: Simplicity Quotes, Sayings and Proverbs to Make You Think Again
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