Of two equivalent theories or explanations, all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred.

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

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem

For nothing ought to be posited without a reason given, unless it is self-evident (literally, known through itself) or known by experience or proved by the authority of Sacred Scripture.

God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone.

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

It is vain to do with more what can be done with less.

Simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones.

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

Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.

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

I am still learning, for the Christian life is one of constant growth.

Much unhappiness results from our inability to remember the nice things that happen to us.

I have seen Americans making great and sincere sacrifices for the key common good and a hundred times I have noticed that, when needs be, they almost always gave each other faithful support

America's sanctions policy remains intact, and it will remain intact until it changes, if it does, and I'm not sure it will.

I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz.

I aint sleepin when I say I'm in my dream car

You should help a man to take up a burden, but you should not help him put it back down.

Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.

A good idea is something that does not solve just one single problem, but rather can solve multiple problems at once.

The first time I played against Seattle was the only time I felt destroyed. Vin Baker just manhandled me. The whole thing, their double teams, their movement, everything.