Simplicity Quotes - Page 8

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity.

Jeet Kune Do does not beat around the bush. It does not take winding detours. It follows a straight line to the objective. Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points.

Happiness is really rooted in simplicity. The tendency to excessiveness in thought and action diminishes happiness.

Greatness of spirit is accompanied by simplicity and sincerity.

The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed, for the vast masses of the nation are in the depths of their hearts more easily deceived than they are consciously and intentionally bad. The primitive simplicity of their minds renders them a more easy prey to a big lie than a small one, for they themselves often tell little lies but would be ashamed to tell a big one.

The unavoidable price of reliability is simplicity.

Mo' money, mo' problems.

How can one liberate the many? By first liberating his own being. He does this not by elevating himself, but by lowering himself. He lowers himself to that which is simple, modest, true; integrating it into himself, he becomes a master of simplicity, modesty, truth.

In a single sentence the moral is: admit that complexity always increases, first from the model you fit to the data, thence to the model you use to think about and plan about the experiment and its analysis, and thence to the true situation.

You can't get old without living.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

Human relationships are about communicating. Business jargon should be banished in favor of simple English. Simplicity is a sign of truth and a criterion of beauty. Complexity can be a way of hiding the truth.

I like to walk about amidst the beautiful things that adorn the world.

The life of Christ was a life of humble simplicity, yet how infinitely exalted was his mission. Christ is our example in all things.

Simplicity is complexity resolved

The badge of honesty is simplicity.

Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety; it is the goal, not the starting point.

As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself.

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity - in short: what mathematicians call elegance - are not a dispensable luxury, but a crucial matter that decides between success and failure?

Before I studied the art, a punch to me was just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick no longer a kick. Now that I've understood the art, a punch is just like a punch, a kick just like a kick. The height of cultivation is really nothing special. It is merely simplicity; the ability to express the utmost with the minimum.