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Quotes about Simplicity

If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.
— Confucius
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
— William James
If you own a rug you own too much.
— Jack Kerouac
A holy man isn't aware that he's holy..As soon as we begin to talk about how holy we are, we aren't holy any more.
— AW Tozer
I am a man of simple tastes-I am quite easily satisfied with the best of everything.
— Winston Churchill
A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.
— Henry David Thoreau
I still think I'm playing back home in the street in my town with my mates. That's why I love the game, and mostly, I don't pay too much attention to social media or look at stuff that's out there.
— Alexis Sanchez
People's fates are simplified by their names.
— Elias Canetti
I don't like names that are clever or made-up sounding.
— Lydia Millet
It combined corrupt simplicity with delicate ferocity, a curious variety of civilization; a tiger with a simper.
— Victor Hugo
but the cat rejoices even over a lean mouse.
— Victor Hugo
He was down and out, the Catholics took him in, and before he knew it, he had faith. So it was gratitude that decided the issue, most likely. Human decisions are terribly simple.
— Milan Kundera