Quotes about Simplicity

Dependence, humility, simplicity, cooperation, and a sense of abandon are qualities greatly prized in the spiritual life, but extremely elusive for people who live in comfort.

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

I am not a genius, I am just curious. I ask many questions. and when the answer is simple, then God is answering.

The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.

The supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a simple datum of experience.

The supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a simple datum of experience.

A theory is more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises, the more different are the kinds of things it relates, and the more extended its range of applicability.

God always takes the simplest way.

Make things as simple as possible but no simpler

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler

When we feel ourselves to be sole heirs of the universe, when the sea flows in our veins...and the stars are our jewels, when all things are perceived as infinite and holy, what motive can we have for covetousness or self-assertion, for the pursuit of power or the drearier forms of pleasure?