#simplicity

Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of. ↗

— Ben Folds

#i #i write #inside #lot #proud

One of the purest souls ever to live on this fallen planet was Nicholas Herman, known as Brother Lawrence. He wrote very little, but what he wrote has seemed to several generations of Christians to be so rare and so beautiful as to deserve a place near the top among the world's great books of devotion. The writings of Brother Lawrence are the ultimate in simplicity; ideas woven like costly threads to make a pattern of great beauty. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#practice-god-s-presence #simplicity #beauty

Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully? ↗

— E. T. A. Hoffmann

#genius #most #pinions #real #simplicity

I just like simplicity. I like simple songs, I like simple chords, simple vocals, simple lead guitar. I just like simplicity. That's just the way I like it. ↗

— Jeremy Spencer

#guitar #i #just #lead #lead guitar

Penny knew also she loved the country for its beauty. Cities could be magnificent, astounding, fantastic, but they were not consistently beautiful and simple. Penny liked uncomplicated beauty. ↗

— Dorothy Deming

#city #country #life #simplicity #beauty

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. ↗

— E.F. Schumacher

#elegance #genius #inspirational #simplicity #violence

Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#emile #life #simplicity #vanity #life

It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. . . . Children must early learn the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. . . . The Indians in their simplicity literally give away all that they have—to relatives, to guests of other tribes or clans, but above all to the poor and the aged, from whom they can hope for no return. ↗

— Charles Alexander Eastman

#generosity #materialism #native-american-wisdom #simplicity #age

A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#simplicity #equality

Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#truth #freedom