Simply You Quotes

• How do you best move toward mastery? To put it simply, you practice diligently, but you practice primarily for the sake of the practice itself.

  George Leonard

  Moving, Practice, Mastery

  George Leonard (1991). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment”, Plume Books

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• If you cannot explain it simply, you do not understand it enough.

  Albert Einstein

  Success, Teaching, Data

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• If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

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• [Richard Feynman] truly believed that if you couldn't explain something simply, you didn't understand it.

  Leonard Susskind

  Motivation, Inspiration, Richard Feynman

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• If you can't explain something simply, you don't know enough about it.

  Albert Einstein

  Enough, Knows, Ifs

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• How is the mind which functions on knowledge how is the brain which is recording all the time to end, to see the importance of recording and not let it move in any other direction? Very simply: you insult me, you hurt me, by word, gesture, by an actual act; that leaves a mark on the brain which is memory. That memory is knowledge, that knowledge is going to interfere in my meeting you next time obviously.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Hurt, Memories, Moving

  "A Wholly Different Way of Living". Book by Jiddu Krishnamurti, 1970.

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• If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' This method works every time.

  Henry C. Link

  Inspirational, Funny, Relationship

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• I think the key for a child to do well in a divorce is, very simply, you have to be honest with them.

  Dale Archer

  Children, Divorce, Thinking

  "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell", www.cnn.com. July 24, 2009.

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• The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly.

  Robert Henri

  People, Too Much

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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• To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don't buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Jobs, Believe, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In a few Zen monasteries, every monk has to start his morning with laughter, and has to end his night with laughter - the first thing and the last thing! You try it. . . For no reason! Because there is no reason. Simply, you are again there, still alive - it is a miracle!

  Rajneesh

  Morning, Laughter, Night

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• I think of my life as a series of moments and I've found that the great moments often don't have too much to them. They're not huge, complicated events; they're just magical wee moments when somebody says 'I love you' or 'You're a really good at what you do' or simply 'You're a good person'.

  Billy Connolly

  Love You, Thinking, Events

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• We (men) would rather lose an arm out a city bus window than tell you simply, “You’re not the one.” We are quite sure you will kill us or yourself or both—or even worse, cry and yell at us.

  Greg Behrendt

  Men, Cities, Arms

  Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2007). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• I am so lonely without you, Aedan," Jane said simply. "You truly want me?" "More than anything. I'm only half without you." "Then you are my woman." His words were finality, a bond he would not permit broken. She had given herself to his keeping. He would never let her go. "And you'll never leave me?" she pressed. "I'll stay with you for all of ever, lass." Jane's eyes flared, and she looked at him strangely. "And then yet another day?" she asked breathlessly. "Oh, aye.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Lonely, Eye, Broken

  Karen Marie Moning (2012). “Into the Dreaming (with bonus material)”, p.87, Delacorte Press

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• I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people scolded me about the shocking grammar to be found online - but I was talking about fundamentals: quite simply, you can't use the net unless you can read.

  Margaret Atwood

  Talking, People, Use

  "Margaret Atwood: why Wattpad works" by Margaret Atwood, www.theguardian.com. July 6, 2012.

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