“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple, to truly understand the underlying challenges and come up with elegant solutions. [...] It's not just minimalism or the absence of clutter. It involves digging through the depth of complexity. To be truly simple, you have to go really deep. [...] You have to deeply understand the essence of a product in order to be able to get rid of the parts that are not essential.” HardAbleOrderChallengesSimpleConsciousnessProductsHard WorkEssentialsSolutionsEssenceUltimateDepthSimplicityCome UpAbsenceComplexityElegantDiggingMinimalismClutterSophisticationReally DeepElegant Solutions Author:Steve Jobs
“I believe that Communism is necessary to the world, and I believe that the heroism of Russia has fired men's hopes in a way which was essential to the realization of Communism in the future. Regarded as a splendid attempt, without which ultimate success would have been very improbable, Bolshevism deserves the gratitude and admiration of all the progressive part of mankind.” MenWorldWayBelieveHas BeensI BelieveMankindGratitudeEssentialsDeserveUltimateRussiaRealizationCommunismAdmirationProgressiveHeroismSplendidImprobableBolshevismUltimate Success Book:Bolshevism: practice and theory Source: Bolshevism: practice and theory
“The essential thing, the ultimate goal of politics and thought, is a bigger life for the individual. A bigger life – that remains the main objective…to increase our divine attributes to have moral life.” IndividualGoalMoralDivineEssentialsUltimateBiggerIncreaseRemainsObjectivesAttributesUltimate GoalMoral Life Author:Roberto Unger
“What worries me, especially, is that public opinion over here is patting itself on the back every morning and thanking God for theAtlantic Ocean (and the Pacific Ocean). We greatly underestimate the serious implications to our own future.... Things move with such terrific speed these days, that it is really essential to us to think in broader terms and, in effect, to warn the American people that they, too, should think of possible ultimate results in Europe and the Far East.” PeopleThinkingShouldWarMovingTermResultsOpinionMorningWorryEffectsSeriousEssentialsOceanEuropeUltimateSpeedEastThese DaysThank GodEvery MorningUnderestimatePublic OpinionTerrificImplicationsPacificNeutralityPacific Ocean Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Love is who we are, and when we deviate from that love we're deviating from our ultimate, essential, eternal reality.” RealityLove IsEssentialsEternalUltimateWho We AreDeviate Author:Marianne Williamson
“Culture constitutes an essential element of social and political liberation. As people rise up across the Middle East and North Africa, the diversity of their cultures is not only the means but also the ultimate goal of their liberation and their freedom.” PeopleMeanPoliticalCultureSocialGoalMiddleEssentialsElementsDiversityUltimateEastLiberationMiddle EastUltimate GoalNorth Africa Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I am a firm believer in the importance of democracy, not only as the ultimate goal, but also as an essential part of the process.” ProcessGoalDemocracyEssentialsUltimateImportanceBelieverFirmUltimate Goal Author:Dalai Lama
“To live means to experience-through doing, feeling, thinking. Experience takes place in time, so time is the ultimate scarce resource we have. Over the years, the content of experience will determine the quality of life. Therefore one of the most essential decisions any of us can make is about how one's time is allocated or invested.” ThinkingLifeYearsMeanFeelingsDecisionQualityBalanceEssentialsResourcesExperienceUltimateDetermineQuality Of LifeScarceScarce Resources Book:Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life Source: Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life