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Simplicity
And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity.
因此,我一直着迷于这样一个想法,即复杂性可以来自于这样的简单。
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
我有三宝,持而保之。一曰慈,二曰俭,三曰不敢為天下先。
The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.
关于人的烦恼是双重的。他不能学习太复杂的真理;他忘记了太简单的真理。
The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.
自然作品中崇高的朴素往往源于观察者的崇高的短视。
Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things.
简单并不是艺术的目标,但一个人不顾自己,通过进入事物的真实意义而达到简单。
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.
简单是这个世界上最难得到的东西;它是经验的最后极限,是天才的最后努力。
If we live, we live; if we die, we die; if we suffer, we suffer; if we are terrified, we are terrified. There is no problem about it.
如果我们活着,我们就活着;如果我们死了,我们就死了;如果我们受苦,我们就受苦;如果我们害怕,我们就会害怕。这没有问题。
Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.
大多数科学的基本概念本质上都很简单,而且通常可以用一种人人都能理解的语言来表达。
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.
所有科学的伟大目标都是通过从最少的假设或公理中进行逻辑推理来涵盖最多的经验事实。
When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
范海伦刚出道的时候,并没有成名之路。我们只是玩我们喜欢的。即使在今天,它总是归结为摇滚的简单。
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
简单是最终的成就。当一个人演奏了大量的音符和更多的音符后,简单就成为了艺术的最高奖赏。
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
除了把事情做完的高尚艺术,还有把事情做完的高尚艺术。生活的智慧在于消除不必要的东西。
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Simplicity is a state of mind.
简单是一种心态。
However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
不论你的生活如何卑贱,你要面对它生活,不要躲避它,更别用恶言咒骂它。视贫穷如园中之花而像圣人一样耕植它吧。不要麻烦自己去找新的东西,无论是衣服还是朋友。万物不变,是我们在变。卖掉你的衣服,保留你的思想。
French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well.
法语和德语也同样说明了明显的语法简单性所具有的误导性。
There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit.
朴素中有一种庄严,这远远超过了机智的奇异之处。
The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points.
描述美的线条是椭圆的。它具有简单性和不断的变化。它不能用指南针来描述,它在每一点上都改变方向。
Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.
简单是自然的第一步,也是艺术的最后一步。