When you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better.

- William Of Ockham

Whenever two hypotheses cover the facts, use the simpler of the two.

- William Of Ockham

The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.

- William Of Ockham

No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.

- William Of Ockham

God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone.

- William Of Ockham

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem

- William Of Ockham

Entities should not be posited unnecessarily.

- William Of Ockham

My God is the green tide in the spring leaves the redness of cherries high in the air the excitement of shooting stars the song of birds in summer br…

- William Of Ockham

With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.

- William Of Ockham