The Evangelical Universalist Forum

Holy Simplicity

Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being. Lao Tzu

In everything, love simplicity. Saint Francis de Sales

Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. ~ C W Ceran

If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself. - Albert Einstein

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

“The simplest things are often the truest.” ~ Richard Bach

“Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.” ~ Frederic Chopin

“Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” ~ Albert Einstein

A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life. - Henri Frederic Amiel

To be simple is the best thing in the world. - G. K. Chesterton

Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing. - Oscar Wilde

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity. - Charles Mingus

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction. - E. E. Schumacher

Art, it seems to me, should simplify. - Willa Cather

Here’s one by Fr. Richard Rohr (The Franciscan Priest) Called “Simplicity: The Freedom of Letting Go”

From my “Keep It Simple” recovery devotional

With recovery, the hope starts to return. Over time we even dare to dream again. In our dreams we are loving people. We have something to offer others. We are not scared. This is a sign that hope is returning. We fall in love again with the world, our Higher Power, and ourselves.