A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is sitting silently.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.