Top 100 Simple Philosophy Quotes
#1. I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. by Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Claudy Conn
#2. Don't see anything impossible! This simple philosophy will enable many things to be possible!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#3. So I say, "Live and let live." That's my motto. "Live and let live." And anyone who can't go along with that, take him outside and shoot the motherfucker. It's a simple philosophy, but it's always worked in our family.
George Carlin
#4. I think everything in your life's your own damn fault and that's my simple philosophy in that, and I think you're broke because you want to be just like you're fat because you want to be or stupid because you want to be or unemployed, it must be because you want to be. Otherwise, it'd be different.
Larry Winget
#5. I have come finally to a simple philosophy of work. I enjoy what I do and do the best I can. That is enough.
Maria Schell
#6. The Baby Boomers: whiny, narcissistic, self-indulgent people with a simple philosophy: "Gimme that! It's mine!"
George Carlin
#7. I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It you can't fix it, don't worry about it; accept it and do the best you can.
Jimmy Doolittle
#8. I don't have the faith now. I certainly believe in Jesus - you know, that he existed and he was a very nice man. And who can disagree with a simple philosophy of treat other people like you'd like to be treated yourself? It's absolutely - nothing I can disagree with that.
Nick Lowe
#9. The Jesus of the Bible lives by a simple philosophy: If love guides our hearts, rules become redundant. Love, embraced as a guiding orientation of other-centeredness, will always lead us to do the right thing.
Bruxy Cavey
#10. I do not own a single security anywhere that doesn't pay a dividend, and I formed a mutual-fund company with that very simple philosophy.
Kevin O'Leary
#11. On all vital measures, measures necessary to protect you, the Democrats in Washington follow a simple philosophy: Just say no.
George W. Bush
#12. Rock is a great master of life. It teaches us this simple philosophy: Stay firm!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#13. The formula of life is simple. It is the formula of giving - giving courage, attention, peace, love and comfort to yourself and the society.
Amit Ray
#15. If our brains were as simple as we could understand them, than we would be so stupid that we couldn't understand them again.
Jostein Gaarder
#16. The most powerful force that can transform an enemy into a friend is simple kindness.
Debasish Mridha
#17. The more loving, kind and simple we are, the more we resemble the God.
Debasish Mridha
#19. To be a winner in life, be simple and be kind.
You will win the heart and you will win the mind.
Debasish Mridha
#22. My battle weapons in life are very simple; my weapons are love and kindness.
Debasish Mridha
#23. The mind is not only capable of knowing [innate ideas], but further of finding them in itself; and if it had only the simple capacity to receive knowledge ... it would not be the source of necessary truths ...
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
#24. It's always been my philosophy: Turn the page. If something falls through, turn the page. It's over with, get used to it, get on with it. Very simple. It's always worked for me.
Merv Griffin
#25. The philosophy of the school was quite simple - the bright boys specialised in Latin, the not so bright in science and the rest managed with geography or the like.
Aaron Klug
#28. The best things in life are simple, abundant, and free.
Debasish Mridha
#29. My philosophy of life is very simple; I want to be very simple, loving, and kind.
Debasish Mridha
#30. I am writing something very simple that will change you and change the world.
Debasish Mridha
#31. You can change a life by touching someone with simple, beautiful, kind, words and a loving smile.
Debasish Mridha
#33. When you are very simple, honest, and kind, people may take advantage of you and cheat you, but be loving and kind. Remember that no one can cheat you except you and yourself.
Debasish Mridha
#34. Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness born of fear and egoism; that this chimerical virtue, enslaving only weak men, is unknown to those whose character is formed by stoicism, courage, and philosophy.
Marquis De Sade
#35. My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
Satchel Paige
#37. My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can.
Dino De Laurentiis
#39. The purpose of philosophy isn't complex theorizing, it is simple and clear thinking in relation to life's big questions.
Steven Colborne
#40. A simple touch of kindness can heal a wound of the soul which no medicine can touch.
Debasish Mridha
#42. A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
Niccolo Machiavelli
#44. My goal is simple - to live simply and to be kind to all.
Debasish Mridha
#45. Be not proud of your intelligence. Be simple, wise, and humble.
Debasish Mridha
#46. There are so many simple things getting unnoticed in me, it makes me feel I am a robot!
Vikram Roy
#47. Humans are probably the only creatures who know that they will die. They know for certain and yet they keep going. A resilient spirit and a need to survive does not make for cowardice.
Salma to Merrick in Simple Conversation
Sonia Rumzi
#48. When I tried to understand consciousness, I found out how simple it was, but we try to make it so complicated.
Debasish Mridha
#49. The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life.
John Chrysostom
#50. In this modern world it is easy to be complex but difficult to be simple. At least try to keep your mind simple.
Debasish Mridha
#51. Let's be simple and calm,
Like brooks and trees,
And God will love us by making
Beautiful things like the trees and brooks for us,
And give us greenness in his spring,
And a river for us to go to when we end...
Alberto Caeiro
#52. My purpose of life is very simple; I live just for the joy of living.
Debasish Mridha
#53. My philosophy is simple: It's a down-home, common, horse-sense approach to things.
Dolly Parton
#54. Wisdom is better than knowledge, for wisdom is simple but knowledge is complex.
Debasish Mridha
#55. One road was simple acceptance of life, the other road offered sweet peace. When I made my decision, my vision became my release.
Dan Fogelberg
#56. Be simple; it is beautiful. Never forget to be kind; it is essential.
Debasish Mridha
#58. And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same.
Norman McLaren
#59. There are two ways of constructing a piece of software: One is to make it so simple that there are obviously no errors, and the other is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious errors.
Tony Hoare
#61. We are very simple human until we learn to use the power of our divine love.
Debasish Mridha
#62. Cleverness is egocentric, dramatic, gives you an illusion of success. We are always running behind it and ultimately suffer. Whereas simplicity is spiritual, blissful, not dramatic, simple but joyful and gives inner peace. Which is our ultimate goal.
Debasish Mridha
#63. Peace is simple, but it takes great courage to be simple and walk the path of peace.
Debasish Mridha
#64. To reveal your greatness, don't wait for a great opportunity. Find a simple opportunity to care and share your great love.
Debasish Mridha
#65. Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.
Dean Koontz
#66. A simple act of kindness can touch someone's mind, so in every interaction be loving and be kind.
Debasish Mridha
#67. Civics is in fact politics, and politics is how things work not only in the political realm but in every other realm. It may be this simple mechanical glitch that unites everything. This is my philosophy.
Ken Burns
#68. A wise person explains complex things in simple way. An intelligent person explains simple things in complex way.
Debasish Mridha
#69. Love of the simple is all that I need, I've no time for schism or lovers of greed.
Van Morrison
#71. The challenge of a journalist is to condense a thousand thoughts into a single sound bite. The challenge of an author is to place a simple idea on a canvas as infinite as your imagination. No doubt about it. I have the easier job.
Charles A. Cornell
#72. Truth is very simple in nature, people just manipulate to make it fancy and complex...
Ankit Rawat
#74. I'm always a big fan of if you approach somebody politely about something and you're not a nudge - you're just pretty honest and simple, my kind of philosophy is that I'm not afraid of 'no,' and that's way different than 'I won't take no for an answer.'
Carol Leifer
#76. In an age of complexity, it is not easy to live a simple life or to practice simplicity.
Debasish Mridha
#77. We often forget that we are simple human beings, here to enjoy the beauty, magic, and mysteries of life and the nature to wonder. Not to live a complex, mechanical, stressful corporate life to death.
Debasish Mridha
#78. To be simple, be kind.
To be free, be non-judgmental.
To be happy, be kind and loving.
Debasish Mridha
#79. Peace begins in the mind with a simple thought of love and kindness for all.
Debasish Mridha
#80. The basically simple things are best, whether it's automobiles or diets or philosophy.
Henry Ford
#82. A simple mind and a loving heart is a source of miracle.
Debasish Mridha
#83. Be simple, stay humble, care with love, hug with kindness.
Debasish Mridha
#85. Sometimes a simple, almost insignificant gesture on the part of a teacher can have a profound formative effect on the life of a student.
Paulo Freire
#86. I found that when you start thinking and saying what you really want then your mind automatically shifts and pulls you in that direction. And sometimes it can be that simple, just a little twist in vocabulary that illustrates your attitude and philosophy.
Jim Rohn
#87. Sufficiently simple natural structures are predictable but uncontrollable, whereas sufficiently complex symbolic descriptions are controllable but unpredictable.
Howard Pattee
#88. This is the highest point of philosophy, to be simple & wise; this is the angelic life.
Saint John Chrysostom
#90. Stay simple like a candle, and never forget to enlighten the world.
Debasish Mridha
#91. The 'simple', in philosophy, means that which is without any cause outside of itself.
Rod Hemsell
#94. Music will inevitably get you into Philosophy, and once you logically see that through, will end up getting you into Theology. Once you see that through, it will end up getting you to a simple place of being happy with yourself and everybody around you.
Gino Vannelli
#95. The true Epicurean cultivates the capacity to take pleasure in simple things, while those around him chase pleasure in more things.
Luke Slattery
#96. The world is simple in a complex way. -Zack Merrick
Zack Merrick
#97. It is really rather foolish to so often feel we have to say something brilliant and enlightening to someone who is suffering. Job makes it clear that simple companionship is what suffering people often crave - not a course in philosophy.
Kathryn Lindskoog
#98. Ah! Summer is here. Celebrate the lights, dance with the blooming flowers, swim with the heart touching waves, sing under the dreamy starlight, dance with the winds, fall in love with the blue sky and the simple joys of life.
Debasish Mridha
#99. He's going to jail. He can't see. He can't hear. He can't take a leak that lasts under fifteen minutes. But he has an erection and all the other problems are small change. Next time around I'm coming back as a man. Priorities are clearly defined. Life is simple.
Janet Evanovich
#100. The highest form of wisdom is to be simple and live in the beauty of love.
Debasish Mridha
