The Essential is Invisible to the Eye

"Now, here is my secret, a ver simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
From The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"A symbol is indeed the only possible expression of some invisible essence, a transparent lamp about a spiritual flame; while allegory is one of many possible representations of an embodied thing, or familiar principle, and belongs to fancy and not to imagination: the one is a revelation, the other an amusement."
William Yeats

"You are eternal, and the invisible essence of you can never die. You have the ability to turn any thought into form with the power of your mind."
Wayne Dyer

Love and Persistence...Life and Persistence

This quote:

"The art of love... is largely the art of persistence."
Albert Ellis


is also applicable to life, don't you think?

"The art of life...is largely the art of persistence."

Keep It Simple, Stupid! - Simplify Quotes

To simplify complications is the first essential of success.
George Earle Buckle

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein

Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify, simplify!
Henry David Thoreau

KISS. Keep It Simple, Stupid!

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction.
E.F. Schumacher

Simplicity is the nature of great souls.
Papa Ramadas

We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition.
William James

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.
Charles Mingus