Pastoral Resources

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.

Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication.

A logical analysis of reflexive usages in French shows, however, that this simplicity is an illusion and that, so far from helping the foreigner, it is more calculated to bother him.

French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well.

These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages.

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.

Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former.

I just like simplicity. I like simple songs, I like simple chords, simple vocals, simple lead guitar. I just like simplicity. That's just the way I like it.

The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.

My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.

The absence of the heavy boot of Europe has preserved to these people the agile walk of the wild animal, while the general simplicity of their lives has given them many other points of physical perfection.

The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.