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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Leonardo DaVinci – Alex Bertolini	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Style is what happens when simplicity is achieved. – Brad Mays	added by anonymous 10 years ago
I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. – Yves Saint Laurent	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them. – Jean Cocteau	added by anonymous 10 years ago
It is the duty of those serving the people in public place closely to limit public expenditures to the actual needs of the government economically administered, because this bounds the right of the government to extract tribute from the earnings of labor or the property of the citizen, and because public extravagance begets extravagance among the people. We should never be ashamed of the simplicity and prudential economies which are best suited to the operation of a republican form of government and most compatible with the mission of the American people. Those who are selected for a limited time to manage public affairs are still of the people, and may do much by their example to encourage, consistently with the dignity of their official functions, that plain way of life which among their fellow-citizens aids integrity and promotes thrift and prosperity. – Grover Cleveland	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love. – Vince Lombardi	added by anonymous 10 years ago
A taste for simplicity cannot endure for long. – Eugène Delacroix	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Complexity is a sign of intelligence. Simplicity is a sign of wisdom – Med Jones	added by anonymous 10 years ago
A simple lifestyle gives you freedom. An expensive lifestyle enslaves you. Create a simple lifestyle, regardless of how much money you earn. Simple living will remove unnecessary demands on your life and free your mind to make the right choices. Simplicity will reduces your stress and make you happier – Med Jones	added by anonymous 10 years ago
A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.* – Chinese	added by anonymous 12 years ago
Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought. – Hazlitt	added by anonymous 12 years ago
In character, in manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. – Longfellow	added by anonymous 12 years ago
There is an unlimited amount of power to be found in simplicity. Keep your intent and action simple and the doors of success, happiness, and abundance will fly open for you." – Steve Maraboli	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Free yourself from the complexities of your life! A life of simplicity and happiness awaits you." – Steve Maraboli	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go. – Steve Maraboli	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! – Henry David Thoreau, WALDEN: Or, Life in the Woods	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Manifest plainness,Embrace simplicity,Reduce selfishness,Have few desires. – Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu	added by anonymous 13 years ago
There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit. – Alexander Pope	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Nature has a great simplicity and therefore a great beauty. – Richard Feynman	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity. – Christopher Zeeman	added by anonymous 13 years ago
To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, not even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust. – Henry David Thoreau	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are. – Alford	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Simplicity is the peak of civilization. – Jessie Sampter	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Seek simplicity, and distrust it. – Alfred North Whitehead	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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