#implicit

..things are never as complicated as they seem. It is only our arrogance that prompts us to find unnecessarily complicated answers to simple problems. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#complication #poverty-alleviation #simplicity #social-change #change

These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em. ↗

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

#progress #progressivism #simplicity #change

The meditative mind sees disagreeable or agreeable things with equanimity, patience, and good-will. Transcendent knowledge is seeing reality in utter simplicity. (146) ↗

— Jean-Yves Leloup

#equanimity #knowledge #meditation #mind #reality

If we have a simple existence, we shall feel how happy and how fortunate we are. There are some people who are of the opinion that simplicity is almost tantamount to stupidity. But simplicity and stupidity are like the North Pole and the South Pole. One can be as simple as a child and, at the same time, one can have boundless knowledge, light and wisdom. ↗

— Sri Chinmoy

#wisdom #inner-peace

The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#letting-go #life #motivational #simplicity #inspirational

The point of simple living, for me has got to be: A soft place to land A wide margin of error Room to breathe Lots of places to find baseline happiness in each and every day ↗

— Leo Babauta

#inspiration #life #organization #simplicity #inspirational

I feel that the simplicity of life is just being yourself. ↗

— Bobby Brown

#being yourself #feel #i #i feel #just

When I was growing up, Dr. Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work that really hit me. ↗

— Tim Burton

#dr #favorite #growing #growing up #his

Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it for granted. ↗

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

#poetry #simplicity #wonder #beauty

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#comes #down #even #fame #halen