#simple

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer. ↗

— Doris Lessing

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To sing a simple round is truly an enlightening experience. ↗

— Phil Lesh

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Things are not quite so simple always as black and white. ↗

— Doris Lessing

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He's an innocent in a lot of ways. He's a very simple person who really doesn't have the resources or the strength, ultimately, to handle the situation. ↗

— Jared Leto

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It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite. ↗

— Sam Levenson

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In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

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For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph. ↗

— Thomas Mann

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No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared hopes. ↗

— Greil Marcus

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'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write. ↗

— Yann Martel

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I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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