“I do believe in simplicity. It is astonishing as well as sad, how many trivial
affairs
even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day; how singular an affair he thinks he
must omit. When the mathematician would solve a difficult problem, he first frees the
equation of all incumbrances, and reduces it to its simplest terms. So simplify the
problem of life, distinguish the necessary and the real. Probe the earth to see
where
your main roots run.”
― Henry David Thoreau
“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.”
― E.F. Schumacher