He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride.
Ernest HemingwayTags: humility simplicity pride
They thought more before nine a.m. than most people thought all month. I remember once declining cherry pie at dinner, and Rand cocked his head and said, 'Ahh! Iconoclast. Disdains the easy, symbolic patriotism.' And when I tried to laugh it off and said, well, I didn't like cherry cobbler either, Marybeth touched Rand's arm: 'Because of the divorce. All those comfort foods, the desserts a family eats together, those are just bad memories for Nick.'
It was silly but incredibly sweet, these people spending so much energy trying to figure me out. The answer: I don't like cherries.
Tags: patriotism childhood psychology funny logic simplicity memories symbolism irony thoughts divorce ironic psychologist the-mind iconoclast childhood-memories over-thinking broken-home bad-memories cherry-pie
You’re a clever strategist, but not all battles require tricks. Sometimes the simplest way to kill something is to swim up to it and bite it in half.
Shaun HickTags: plans strategy simplicity fighting battle tactics overthinking
The world was beautiful when looked at in this way—without any seeking, so simple, so childlike.
Hermann HesseTags: beauty world children simplicity observation
Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.
Edward TellerTags: science nature thought logic simplicity math mathematics human-thought
If Mere Christianity helps make Christianity comprehensible, Orthodoxy makes it weird again.
Leah LibrescoTags: simplicity mystery
That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. [BusinessWeek, May 25 1998]
Steve JobsTags: simplicity focus mantra steve-jobs
Simplicity is the key to beauty.
Clarity is the key to perfection.
Tags: inspirational simplicity
The genius of Laplace was a perfect sledge hammer in bursting purely mathematical obstacles; but, like that useful instrument, it gave neither finish nor beauty to the results. In truth, in truism if the reader please, Laplace was neither Lagrange nor Euler, as every student is made to feel. The second is power and symmetry, the third power and simplicity; the first is power without either symmetry or simplicity. But, nevertheless, Laplace never attempted investigation of a subject without leaving upon it the marks of difficulties conquered: sometimes clumsily, sometimes indirectly, always without minuteness of design or arrangement of detail; but still, his end is obtained and the difficulty is conquered.
Augustus de MorganTags: science truth power beauty genius admiration investigation difficulty simplicity scientists praise design obstacles results mathematics symmetry detail instrument conquer clumsy indirect lagrange laplace pierre-simon-laplace euler leonhard-euler joseph-louis-lagrange
Don't tell me about your effort. Show me your results.
Tim FargoTags: success simplicity effort efficiency results successful coaching result technique coach successful-living effortless
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