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Simplicity Quotes - Page 30

The simplest words,--we do not know what they mean except when we love and aspire.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.98, Graphic Arts Books

Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing.

Paulo Coelho (1992). “The diary of a magus”, Harpercollins

If it's working, keep doing it. If it's not working, stop doing it. If you don't know what to do, don't do anything.

Melvin Konner (1993). “Dear America: A Concerned Doctor Wants You to Know the Truth about Health Reform”, Addison Wesley Publishing Company

Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that Law rules all. And it is enough to remember that law rules all.

Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.76, Enhanced Media Publishing

At the simplicity of the gesture, he felt a pang: the raw nerve of his loneliness exposed.

Maile Meloy (2010). “Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It”, p.161, Canongate Books

We hunger for nobility: the rare words and acts that harmonize simplicity and truth.

J. Robert Oppenheimer (2013). “Uncommon Sense”, p.137, Springer Science & Business Media

Furniture! Thank God, I can sit and I can stand without the aid of a furniture warehouse.

Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown”, p.48, Graphic Arts Books

Life for my child is simple, and is good.

Gwendolyn Brooks (1971). “The world of Gwendolyn Brooks”, Harpercollins

This is one of those rare recipes, surprising in its flavors and wonderful in its simplicity -- an out-and-out favorite of mine.

Diana Kennedy (1989). “The Art of Mexican Cooking: Traditional Mexican Cooking for Aficionados”, Bantam