Simplicity

Always say less than necessary.

Always say less than necessary.

Make your life simpler by reducing how many decisions you make each day.

Make your life simpler by reducing how many decisions you make each day.

Sylvester McNutt

The oldest, shortest words 'yes' and 'no' are those which requires the most thought.

The oldest, shortest words 'yes' and 'no' are those which requires the most thought.

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Less explanation is more convincing than more explanation.

Less explanation is more convincing than more explanation.

If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.

If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.

Daniel Kahneman

You will often find that knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.

You will often find that knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.

Daniel Kahneman

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

The secret of happiness is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

The secret of happiness is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

Bertrand Russell

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo da Vinci

Live simply, that others may simply live.

Live simply, that others may simply live.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

Albert Einstein

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.

Leonardo da Vinci

If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.

If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.

Albert Einstein

Grow in the root of all grace, which is faith. Believe God's promises more firmly than ever. Allow your faith to increase in its fullness, firmness, and simplicity.

Grow in the root of all grace, which is faith. Believe God's promises more firmly than ever. Allow your faith to increase in its fullness, firmness, and simplicity.

Charles Spurgeon

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Winston Churchill