“Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.”
Source: The Black Obelisk
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Erich Maria Remarque 63
German novelist 1898–1970Related quotes
“The most complicated skill is to be simple.”
Simplicity http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21390/Simplicity
From the poems written in English
“Simple and complicated, as most true things are.”
Variant: It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are.
Source: Every Day
2001 - 2010, Isa Genzken in conversation with Wolfgang Tillmans' (2003)
“I believe that the most important principle is a very simple one”
2016, Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative Town Hall (March 2016)
Context: And I think one of the things that's important for bringing about further progress is that we listen to each other and we understand our differences. I don't think it's necessary for us to all speak one language, or all have the same foods, or all have the same customs. But I do believe that there are some universal principles that are important. I believe that the most important principle is a very simple one that is at the heart of most of the world’s great religions, which is treat somebody the same way you’d want to be treated. And if you start with that basic premise, then we will continue to make progress. But I also think that in order for us to make progress, we have to have that fellow feeling and we have to combine that with the use of our brains and reason, and our intellect. […] That requires not just a strong heart, but also using our heads. And if we do those two things, then I feel confident that we'll make progress.
Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin
