From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.
Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.
Being a reactionary is not about believing in certain solutions, but about having an acute sense of the complexity of the problems.
Modern society becomes more and more complex by the day. What used to be traditional isn’t necessarily traditional anymore.
Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to...
India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not so much a religion as a great diversified and yet subtly unified mass of spiritual thought, realization and aspiration.
We were given clear concrete tools. The course did a great job demystifying the art of fiction writing and fostering confidence. The instructor brought complex concepts down to earth. I will miss coming here every week.
The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.
Look!" said Foaly, pointing with some urgency into the vast steel-gray gloom, "Someone who cares!
I hear that you were on a date with Trouble Kelp. Are you two planning on building a bivouac any time soon?
Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.
The novel's spirit is the spirit of complexity. . . . The novel's spirit is the spirity of continuity . . . a thing made to last, to connect the past with the future.
You don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well.
Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.
Down there between our legs, it's like an entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage system. Who designed that?
Simple foods connect with your body's needs in complex ways.
On account of its scale and complexity, the world will always outstrip the capacity of any single body to ask fertile questions of it.
Saying something is far too simple is a doubter's way or trying to make the world more complex so he won't have answers.
For Heidegger, boredom is a privileged fundamental mood because it leads us directly into the very problem complex of being and time.
We humans are hard to deal with. We are a loud, complex and demanding bunch. Often, we are best dealt with from a safe distance and for only brief periods of time. This could be why a lot of marriages fail.
Scientists need to be prepared to engage, and the best people to engage with are students, ideally from primary school because there's no question that their capacity to work out complex things is extremely good.
