Profound Simplicity Quotes

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

The simplest questions are the hardest to answer.

After reading all that has been written, and after thinking all that can be thought, on the topics of God and the soul, the man who has a right to say that he thinks at all, will find himself face to face with the conclusion that, on these topics, the most profound thought is that which can be the least easily distinguished from the most superficial sentiment.

Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.

Great music is just very clear. Sonically and lyrically, you understand the point of view, you understand the melodies, you understand the vibe, and you understand the lyric pretty damn quickly. To me, that doesn't make it 'less than' - it makes it 'more than.'

Soon there will be nothing truly profound that is not achieved by everyone, and of the difficult things in this world only one will be left: simplicity.

I feel so strongly that deep and simple is far more essential than shallow and complex.

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

The grinding power of the plain words of the Gospel story is like the power of mill-stones, and those who can read them simply enough will feel as if rocks had been rolled upon them.

Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.

One thought fills immensity.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

A world-changing vision often necessitates a profound simplicity in the user experience.

The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes.

Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity

Deep meaning lies often in childish play.

Sometimes the simplest things are the most profound.

A great part of its theories derives an additional charm from the peculiarity that important propositions, with the impress of simplicity on them, are often easily discovered by induction, and yet are of so profound a character that we cannot find the demonstrations till after many vain attempts; and even then, when we do succeed, it is often by some tedious and artificial process, while the simple methods may long remain concealed.

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful, and the simpler its expression the deeper is the impression it makes.

Converse with a mind that is grandly simple, and literature looks like word-catching.

From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

People’s lives, in Jubilee as elsewhere, were dull, simple, amazing, and unfathomable – deep caves paved with kitchen linoleum.

The simplicity of your character makes you exquisitely incomprehensible to me.

The ordinary is ultimately what moves us most deeply. It's what touches us, and it's what we most recognize, in great moments of art.