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Simple Quotes

    “Out of all virtues simplicity is my most favorite virtue. So much so that I tend to believe that simplicity can solve most of the problems, personal as well as the world problems. If the life approach is simple one need not lie so frequently, nor quarrel nor steal, nor envy, anger, abuse, kill. Everyone will have enough and plenty so need not hoard, speculate, gamble, hate. When character is beautiful, you are beautiful. That is the beauty of simplicity.”

    Ela Bhatt, via Essentialism (Page 246)

      “The clearest and simplest notions are almost always concealed by sophisticated meditations.”

      Marcus Tullius Cicero, A Calendar of Wisdom (Page 213)

        “Very often the simplest and least educated people can easily and unconsciously understand the meaning of life while the most scholarly people lack this ability, because they have been too educated to understand the simple things that are basic to all people.”

        Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar of Wisdom (Page 213)

        Hans Hofmann Quote on Simplifying and How Complexity Is The Enemy of Execution

          “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”

          Hans Hofmann

          Beyond the Quote (297/365)

          When given the choice between simple and complicated, choose simple. Simple doesn’t mean “easier” or “less valuable.” Simple just means that less is required. Less effort needs to be exerted. Less steps need to be taken. Less thought is required. It essentially minimizes the size of the hurdle that needs to be cleared in order for the task to be completed. And in order to maximize the chances of a task being completed, simplicity is one of the most significant playing factors.

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            “It’s more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long difficult words but rather short easy words like ‘What about lunch?'” ~ Winnie-the-Pooh

              “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”  ~ Hans Hofmann