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A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. -Eugene Delacroix.
A taste for simplicity cannot last for long. -Eugene Delacroix.
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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.
The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might read more
The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. -Thomas More.
Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.
Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.
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.
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.
Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.
Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.
