“The art of writing is to explain the complications of the human soul with the simplicity that can be universally understood.”
“Any intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it takes a genius to retain, or recapture, simplicity.”
“Ishmael gave himself to the writing of it, and as he did so he understood this, too: that accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.”
“The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.”
“Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.”