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A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life
A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances read more
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have even lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor. -Henry David Thoreau.
When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected.
When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should be rejected.
A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. -Eugene Delacroix.
A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. -Eugene Delacroix.
Simplicity is the glory of expression.
Simplicity is the glory of expression.
Geese appear high over us,
pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,
as in love or sleep, holds
them to their read more
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.
Never again will I make the simple into the complex. Something of true value does not become more valuable because read more
Never again will I make the simple into the complex. Something of true value does not become more valuable because it becomes complicated. Experience and conditions come and go; complications arise and fall away, but the simple action of God is eternal in the universe. thanks to Mary Larson -Donald Curtis.
Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.
Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.
Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.
Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.
