The course of every intellectual, if he pursues his journey long and unflinchingly enough, ends in the obvious, from which the non-intellectuals have never stirred.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction.
At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" of it.
If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed- it is a process of elimination.
The more we reduce the size of our world, the more we shall be its master.
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand. ... Simplify, simplify.
There is no greatness where there is not simplicity.
The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.
Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.
There is a master key to success with which no man can fail. Its name is simplicity ... reducing to the simplest possible terms every problem.
If you want to be found, stand where the seeker seeks.
Many things are lost for want of asking.
Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants.
What I do, I do very well, and what I don't do well, I don't do at all.
Players have two things to do: Play and keep their mouths shut.
Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
All I had to do was keep turning left.
