#simplicity

But I should not have to explain to you how important it is for science and simplicity to coexist. One must not fear to be a little child again, when times of wonder are at hand. ↗

— Jody Lynn Nye

#simplicity #wonder #science

Life is beautiful and simple in many ways; but some of us insist on making it difficult. ↗

— Wazim Shaw

#complicated-life #difficulty #life #simplicity #beauty

You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#occams-razor #simplicity-imagination #imagination

I delight to come to my bearings,—not walk in procession with pomp and parade, in a conspicuous place, but to walk even with the Builder of the universe, if I may,—not to live in this restless, nervous, bustling, trivial Nineteenth Century, but stand or sit thoughtfully while it goes by. What are men celebrating? They are all on a committee of arrangements, and hourly expect a speech from somebody. God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator. I love to weigh, to settle, to gravitate toward that which most strongly and rightfully attracts me;—not hang by the beam of the scale and try to weigh less,—not suppose a case, but take the case that is ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#simplicity #timelessness #love

The more simple we are, the more complete we become. ↗

— August Rodin

#simplicity

..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

I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars.” Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the moon, he thought. The moon runs away. . . . Then he was sorry for the great fish that had nothing to eat and his determination to kill him never relaxed in his sorrow for him. . . . There is no one worthy of eating him from the manner of his behavior and his great dignity. I do not understand these things, he thought. But it is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#philosophy #simplicity #imagination

Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another. ↗

— Sivananda Saraswati

#love #modernity #peace #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