Quotes on Complexity

There is no 'the truth,' 'a truth'--truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity.

Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge

The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies.

...the only simplicity to be trusted is the simplicity to be found on the far side of complexity.