Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive. – Jean De La Bruyere
Our affluent society contains those of talent and insight who are driven to prefer poverty, to choose it, rather than submit to the desolation of an empty abundance. – Michael Harrington
There is a simplicity that exists on the far side of complexity, and there is a communication of sentiment and attitude not to be discovered by careful exegesis of a text. – Patrick J. Buchanan
I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in Night. I questioned Gods silence. So I questioned. I dont have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. – Elie Wiesel
