Sayings about Simplicity
One simple maxim is often worth more than two good friends. ~ Swiss Proverbs
Simplicity is the seal of truth. ~ Traditional Proverb
Genius can be recognized by its childish simplicity. ~ Chinese Proverb
One’s own simple bread is much better than someone else’s pilaf. ~ Azerbaijani Proverbs
A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child. ~ Chinese Proverb
The trouble with measurement is its seeming simplicity. ~ Saying
Quotations about Simplicity
I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple. ~ Albert Einstein Quotes
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. ~ Walt Whitman
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. ~ Confucius Quotes
The great artist and thinker are the simplifiers. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel
Simplicity is the peak of civilization. ~ Jessie Sampter
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself. ~ Bobby Brown
How desirable is this simplicity! Who will give it to me? I will quit all else; it is the pearl of great price. ~ Francois de Salignac Fenelon
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art. ~ Philip James Bailey
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. ~ Hans Hofmann
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth. ~ Count Leo Tolstoy
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind. ~ Albert Einstein Quotes
Live simply that others might simply live. ~ Elizabeth Ann Seton
The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply. ~ Kahlil Gibran Quotes
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~ Leonardo DaVinci
The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. ~ Thomas Moore
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. ~ Charles Warner
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. ~ Leo Tolstoy
Simplicity of character is no hindrance to subtlety of intellect. ~ John Morley
Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought. ~ William Hazlitt
True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Simplicity is a strict taskmaster. ~ Mason Cooley
I’m just a simple guy; I live from day to day. A ray of sunshine melts my frown and blows my blues away. ~ Led Zeppelin
The greatest truths are the simplest: so likewise are the greatest men. ~ Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare
Anything simple always interests me. ~ David Hockney
Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness. ~ Isaac Barrow
The height of cultivation runs to simplicity. Halfway cultivation runs to ornamentation. ~ Bruce Lee
The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn’t simple. ~ Doris Janzen Longacre
Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy. ~ Richard Halloway
The great seal of truth is simplicity. ~ Herman Boerhaave
Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement. ~ William Morris
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature. ~ Thomas a Kempis
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. ~ George Sand
Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. ~ Albert Einstein
Simplicity is a great element of good breeding. ~ Fanny Kemble
Simplicity of all things is the hardest to copy. ~ Sir Richard Steele
The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go. ~ Steve Maraboli
Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself. ~ Francois de Salignac Fenelon
Seek simplicity but distrust it. ~ Alfred North Whitehead
Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts. ~ Brian Herbert & Keven Anferson
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There is a simplicity that exists on the far side of complexity, and there is a communication of sentiment and attitude not to be discovered by careful exegesis of a text. ~ Patrick Buchanan
The criterion of simplicity requires that the minimum number of assumptions be postulated. ~ Albert Low
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ~ Albert Einstein,
Simplicity, carried to an extreme, becomes elegance. ~ Jon Franklin
To be simple is the best thing in the world. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful. ~ Kailash Satyarthi
Nothing so truly becomes feminine beauty as simplicity. ~ Dorothee DeLuzy
