#simple

Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#drastically #economic #economic activity #entering #environment

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. ↗

— Confucius

#complicated #insist #making #really #simple

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue. ↗

— Confucius

#firm #modest #near #simple #virtue

Even the once simple home mortgage now has so many flavors and styles and variations that it is difficult for people to make a decision. ↗

— Scott Cook

#difficult #even #flavors #home #make

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#any #direct #never #requires #right

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#disaster #disasters #formula #never #relationship

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#blind faith #discouraging #expedient #faith #inquiry

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 what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#completely #conflict #control #dwelling #enjoy

Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason. ↗

— Hal Borland

#calls #constantly #deals #fact #faith

The true reason of Ms. Rice's attack against Russia is very simple. Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men's attention. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

#attack #attention #condoleezza #condoleezza rice #cruel