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Simplicity of character is no hindrance to subtlety of intellect. (Quote by - John Morley)

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler. (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)

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. (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. (Quote by - Confucius)

Simplicity is the glory of expression (Quote by - Walt Whitman)

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth (Quote by - Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy)

Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things. (Quote by - Elise Boulding)

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. (Quote by - Walt Whitman)

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. (Quote by - Leonardo da Vinci)

I like to walk about among the beautiful things that adorn the world; but private wealth I should decline, or any sort of personal possessions, because they would take away my liberty. (Quote by - George Santayana, "The Irony of Liberalism")

The simplest things are often the truest. (Quote by - Richard Bach)

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches. (Quote by - Alice Roosevelt Longworth)

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. (Quote by - Daniel Deleanu)

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. (Quote by - Ernest Hemingway)

The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts. (Quote by - Willard Gibbs)

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life (Quote by - Winston Churchill)

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)

Eliminate physical clutter. More importantly, eliminate spiritual clutter. (Quote by - D.H. Mondfleur)

The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity (Quote by - Ludwig Wittgenstein)

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)

Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. (Quote by - William Morris)

Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)

I go about looking at horses and cattle. They eat grass, make love, work when they have to, bear their young. I am sick with envy of them. (Quote by - Sherwood Anderson)

Remember that in giving any reason at all for refusing, you lay some foundation for a future request. (Quote by - Arthur Helps, Essays Written in Intervals of Business, 1841)

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