I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Simplicity Quotes

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility;...

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility;...

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.

A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

You are beautiful when you are happy.

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from...