A doctrine capable of being stated only in obscure and involved terms is open to reasonable suspicion of being either crude or erroneous.
Simple - Simplify Quotes
Great simplicity is only won by an intense moment or by years of intelligent efforts or both. It represents one of the most arduous conquests of the human spirit – the triumph of feeling and thought over the natural sins of language.
Truth can be explained with simple words, but deluded man thinks that the obscure is the profound.
There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend all to the happiness of man. But compare with these the demoralizing dogmas of Calvin: 1. That there are three Gods. 2. That good works, or the love of our neighbor, is nothing. 3. That faith is every thing, and the more incomprehensible – the proposition, the […]
To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.
If I preach against the modern artificial life of sensual enjoyment, and ask men and women to go back to the simple life epitomized in the charkha, I do so because I know that without an intelligent return to simplicity, there is no escape from our descent to a state lower than brutality.
By two wings is man lifted above earthly things, even by simplicity and purity.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius à and a lot of courage à to move in the opposite direction.
