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A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.

From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

The most complex things are the simplest.

Seek simplicity, and distrust it.

My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.

A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it

Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.

Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.

When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected.

The aspects of things that are most important to us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. -Prof. Ludwig Wittgenstein.

The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the common daylight sweet, And left to Heaven the rest. -John V. Cheney.

Never again will I make the simple into the complex. Something of true value does not become more valuable because it becomes complicated. Experience and conditions come and go; complications arise and fall away, but the simple action of God is eternal in the universe. thanks to Mary Larson -Donald Curtis.

The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts.

Jesus saw a man use his hand to cup water from a stream and Jesus threw away his cup. Jesus saw a woman comb her hair with her fingers and Jesus threw away his last possession: his comb. from The Islamic Jesus.

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

Geese appear high over us, pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, as in love or sleep, holds them to their way, clear in the ancient faith: what we need is here. And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye, clear. What we need is here.

The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. -Thomas More.

A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. -Eugene Delacroix.