A Quote by James C. Collins

The essence of profound insight is simplicity.

James C. Collins

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James C. Collins
American - Businessman
Born: January 25, 1958

Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity

Charles Bukowski

Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation altogether a thing of evil. To be normal, to be at home in the world, with a prospect of power, usefulness, or success, the person must have that imaginative insight into other minds that underlies tact and savoir-faire, morality and beneficence. This insight involves sophistication, some understanding and sharing of the clandestine impulses of human nature. A simplicity that is merely the lack of this insight indicates a sort of defect.

Charles Horton Cooley

From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

Albert Schweitzer

I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just the absence of clutter and ornamentation. It's about bringing order to complexity.

Jonathan Ive

I'm interested in the spirits of people. In the theatre, there's the acting part of acting - and I'm not saying that can't be great - and there's the essence. To explore that essence, you need a key, a look, a gesture, an insight that unlocks the person's soul.

Ralph Fiennes

The simpler the insight, the more profound the conclusion.

Janna Levin

Simplicity is the essence of universality.

Mahatma Gandhi

Spinoza , for example, thought that insight into the essence of reality, into the harmonious structure of the eternal universe, necessarily awakens love for this universe. For him, ethical conduct is entirely determined by such insight into nature, just as our devotion to a person may be determined by insight into his greatness or genius. Fears and petty passions, alien to the great love of the universe, which is logos itself, will vanish, according to Spinoza, once our understanding of reality is deep enough.

Max Horkheimer

Simplicity is the essence of the great, the true, the beautiful in art.

George Sand

Profound thought is conveyed in language of very great simplicity and purity.

Charlotte Mason

Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

Cary Grant

A world-changing vision often necessitates a profound simplicity in the user experience.

Joe Gebbia

You came here with something to do. You are part of a universal consciousness, and there are no accidents in it. In your true essence - not the false self, not the ego part of you, but in the true essence of who you are - you are infinite and you have something very profound to accomplish while you're here. Otherwise you wouldn't be here.

Wayne Dyer

Our searches for numerical order lead as often to terminal nuttiness as to profound insight.

Stephen Jay Gould

When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on for your reader.