1,256 Quotes About Simple

The state has no religion for the simple reason that it has each and everyone.

I refused this evening at Oxford University to debate with an Israeli, a supporter of the apartheid state of Israel. The reason is simple: no recognition, no normalisation. Just boycott, divestment and sanctions, until the apartheid state is defeated. I never debate with Israelis nor speak to their media. If they want to speak about Palestine – the address is the PLO.

In the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship.

The Buddha's message was simple but profound. Neither a life of self-indulgence nor one of self-mortification can bring happiness. Only a middle path, avoiding these two extremes, leads to peace of mind, wisdom, & complete liberation from the dissatisfactions of life.

To prevent government from becoming corrupt and tyrannous, its organization and methods should be as simple as possible, its functions be restricted to those necessary to the common welfare, and in all its parts it should be kept as close to the people and as directly within their control as may be.

You can’t just lump things into two categories. Things aren’t that simple.

The desire to explain what is simple by what is complex, what is easy by what is difficult, is a calamity .

Do not be alarmed by simplification, complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths.

One must always have in mind one simple fact - there is no literate population in the world that is poor, and there is no illiterate population that is anything but poor.