Life is really simple, but men insist on making it complicated - Jacob Bronowski
Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing - Oscar Wilde
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do
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 - Oliver Wendell Holmes
I suppose we're lucky not to have too much. I always say that if the burglars came, they'd just find lots of fossils, shells and plants! Possessions can become millstones: "If I own a cow, a cow owns me - http://www.oxfordmuse.com/selfportrait/portrait100.ht
I have always seen brilliance in simplicity - Giorgio Armani
Fully mature intellects, finally, love truth, even when it appears plain and simple, boring to the ordinary person; for they have noticed that truth tends to reveal its highest wisdom in the guise of simplicity - Friedrich Nietzsche
Facing reality sounds simple - but it isn't. Self-delusion can grip an entire organisation and lead the people in it to ridiculous conclusions - Jack Welch "Jack: Straight From the Gut"
Desires must be simple and definite. They defeat their own purpose should they be too many, too confusing, or beyond a man's training to accomplish -
Being able to live on less is honourable and a sign of success in my book...to spend your life in pursuit of money is a terrible waste. Most people are slaves to money, but I'm not prepared to live like that any more - Peter Owen-Jones, C of E vicar, Fame and Fortune, ST, 16/10/05