<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Simplicity - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66000]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. -Eugene Delacroix. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56356]]></link><description><![CDATA[A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. -Eugene Delacroix.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek simplicity but distrust it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek simplicity but distrust it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have even lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor. -Henry David Thoreau.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify -Henry Thoreau. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify -Henry Thoreau.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is the glory of expression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is the glory of expression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Geese appear high over us,pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,as in love or sleep, holdsthem to their way, clearin the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56354]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56355]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. -Thomas More.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus saw a man use his hand to cupwater from a stream and Jesus threw away his cup. Jesus saw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56352]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56344]]></link><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56347]]></link><description><![CDATA[When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aspects of things that are most important to us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. -Prof. Ludwig ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56348]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aspects of things that are most important to us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. -Prof. Ludwig Wittgenstein.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the common daylight sweet, And left to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56349]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never again will I make the simple into the complex. Something of true value does not become more valuable because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56350]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simply the thing that I am shall make me live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is the nature of great souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is the nature of great souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56338]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56339]]></link><description><![CDATA[From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek simplicity, and distrust it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek simplicity, and distrust it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56343]]></link><description><![CDATA[My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56332]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simplest things are often the truest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56333]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simplest things are often the truest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56334]]></link><description><![CDATA[In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most complex things are the simplest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most complex things are the simplest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1148</guid></item></channel></rss>