Minimalism Quotes

“Who could justify trading a lifetime of stress and backbreaking labor for better blinds? Is a nicer-looking window treatment really worth so much of your life?”
― Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

“Face-to-face conversation is the most human--and humanizing--thing we do. Fully present to one another, we learn to listen. It's where we develop the capacity for empathy. It's where we experience the joy of being heard, of being understood.”
― Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

“I asked myself, “Who would I be if I weren’t busy? What would be left of my life and me after I removed excess stuff from my home and allowed my day to have unscheduled open spaces?”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“I am becoming better at releasing the “what-ifs” that clog my closets.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“If we want more healing and peace in the world, let us each start with our homes, our relationships, our mindsets, and ourselves.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“Instead of thinking I am losing something when I clear clutter, I dwell on what I might gain.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“What is your heart worth?
What about your time?
What holds your heart, holds your attention.
What holds your attention, holds your time.
What holds your time, holds your life.
And if it's possessions that holds these things,
It will demand it all.”
― Eric Overby, Senses

“Minimizing can be exhilarating. If you continue decluttering, you just might find a zest for life that you didn’t know existed under all that stuff!”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“Decluttering and downsizing before I am forced to do so also means my kids will have less work and stress when I reach old age or suffer an infirmity.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“We all have a million things vying for our attention. If you tell yourself that you don’t have enough time to clear out your junk, you might be delaying the well-being and relief you could experience by tackling it. If not now, when?”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“For me, decluttering and downsizing has caused shifts in my thinking and my habits. I don’t have to declutter; I choose to declutter.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“Generally speaking, our stuff can be divided into three categories: useful stuff, beautiful stuff, and emotional stuff.”
― Francine Jay, The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life

“When I own less, fewer things go wrong and need to be fixed. I have more space: openings in my calendar, room in my home, and calm in my heart.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“When I eventually moved to a smaller home, it felt cozy, like having a pair of jeans that fit me just right—no wasted living space and no baggy fabric.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“In addition to asking myself if something was a benefit or a burden for me to keep or if it was superfluous, I also questioned if it enriched my life now. If the answer was no, I ditched it.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“Be mindful and prevent possible conflict surrounding your belongings. Aging often produces a waning of energy, and sadly, not all of us will maintain a sound mind. Possible disability, mental or physical, can relegate sorting and dispersing one’s belongings to someone else who might not want the job.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“As I declutter and downsize, I gradually discover more of my essence and my purpose.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“Lightening my load of stuff and responsibilities freed me to look forward to planning and creating a living situation that was sustainable and lessened potential stress in caring for a home and its contents as I aged.”
― Lisa J. Shultz, Lighter Living: Declutter. Organize. Simplify.

“... A home is a home for one reason: we call it home. The stuff doesn't make it your home - you do".”
― Joshua Fields Millburn, Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists

“.... Sometimes the best teacher is our most recent failure.”
― Joshua Fields Millburn, Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists

“Often what we see as progress in the right direction is merely the improvement of a wrong solution.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If you cannot help but envy others, at least envy people for things such as their patience, perseverance, and tolerance.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Possessions

Live in peace and be free.
When possessions own your heart,
You are enslaved to money and to corporations.
Your time is owned by the moneylenders
And they will not let you spend it freely.
They will tell you what to buy, but not
What it will truly cost you.”
― Eric Overby, Senses

“108. I guess sometimes the ending isn't really the end. (Ryan Nicomedus)”
― Joshua Fields Millburn, Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists

“Taking time for ourselves, especially when we're overwhelmed and don't want to, helps declutter the mind. Everyone has twenty minutes a day to clear their mental clutter.”
― Joshua Fields Millburn, Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists

“In the past, we all wanted to be liked; now we just want to be "Liked."....”
― Joshua Fields Millburn, Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists

“Simplicity is not a measure of difficulty but of finesse”
― Mac Duke The Strategist

“Imagine how much more crazy money would drive us if we could each drive more than one car at the same time.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Enjoy the moment.
How? Don’t spend your time in perpetual planning.
Or perpetual worry.
Or perpetual whatever.
Instead, just enjoy the moment.”
― Joshua Millburn

“We sometimes tell someone that they can’t throw money at everything, after we have caught (or got), or while we are catching (or getting), the money (or thing they have bought).”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana