#simple

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#knowledge #life #longing #love #mankind

It's wonderful to me that bees have this simple, age-old thing going on. ↗

— Peter Fonda

#bees #going #me #old thing #simple

The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness. ↗

— Baltasar Gracián

#art

It's often about the simple things, isn't it? Painting and photography are first about seeing, they say. Writing is about observing. Technique is secondary. Sometimes the simple is the most difficult. ↗

— Linda Olsson

#painting #photography #simple #writing #art

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with—that’s poverty—but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you’re clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it’s clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148) ↗

— Victoria Moran

#commitments #poverty #priorities #prioritize #purpose

It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#fair #i #make #me #my own

Divinity for the sake of the simple-minded is beautiful. Those theological assertions you write, say, or live by that you later feel foolish about, it means God still lives in you enough to tell you that they were indeed foolish. By mistakes you know you are alive. ↗

— Criss Jami

#assertions #beautiful #correction #divinity #foolish

Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically. ↗

— Dave Barry

#appear #assume #complicated #guys #just

I use a really simple calendar program on my computer. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#computer #i #program #really #simple

The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#change