You May Also Like / View all maxioms
When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected.
When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected.
Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify -Henry Thoreau.
Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify -Henry Thoreau.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances read more
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.
Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.
Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.
A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be read more
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
Seek simplicity but distrust it.
Seek simplicity but distrust it.
From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.
From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.
Geese appear high over us,
pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,
as in love or sleep, holds
them to their read more
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.
