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Simplicity is an exact medium between too little and too much. (Quote by - Sir Joshua Reynolds)

Live simply that others might simply live. (Quote by - Elizabeth Seaton)

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life. (Quote by - John Burroughs)

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)

To be simple is the best thing in the world. (Quote by - G. K. Chesterton)

A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life. (Quote by - Henri Frederic Amiel)

Simplicity is indeed often the sign of truth and a criterion of beauty. (Quote by - Mahlon Hoagland)

Simplicity is the peak of civilization. (Quote by - Jessie Sampter )

How many things are there which I do not want. (Quote by - Socrates)

A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it (Quote by - James F Cooper)

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. (Quote by - Confucius)

Is nothing in life ever straight and clear, the way children see it? (Quote by - Rosie Thomas)

Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life. (Quote by - Katherine F. Gerould)

If we live, we live; if we die, we die; if we suffer, we suffer; if we are terrified, we are terrified. There is no problem about it. (Quote by - Alan Watts)

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences. (Quote by - Aristotle)

The most complex things are the simplest. (Quote by - Agni Celeste)

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong. (Quote by - Henry Louis Mencken)

Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction. (Quote by - W. Somerset Maugham)

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between I occupy myself as best I can. (Quote by - Cary Grant)

Seek simplicity, and distrust it. (Quote by - Alfred North Whitehead)

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)

The trouble with simple living is that, though it can be joyful, rich, and creative, it isn't simple. (Quote by - Doris Janzen Longacre)

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. (Quote by - Lin Yutang)

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Geese appear high over us, pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, as in love or sleep, holds them to their way, clear in the ancient faith: what we need is here. And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye, clear. What we need is here. (Quote by - Wendell Berry)

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