Minimalism Quotes

"We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without." "I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details" "Pick Three. Im a big fan of picking three things to focus on and not more. You can only do three things great at the same time" "Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like." "My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch on fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?" "The fewer the words, the better the prayer" "It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness." "It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly." "Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise" "To every problem there is a most simple solution" "Waste not want not" "I am a better person when I have less on my plate" "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness" "To enjoy life you don't need fancy nonsense but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren't as serious as you make them out to be" "The greatest wealth is to live content with little." "Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body" "We need very little to make us happy; we need more to keep us that way." "Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing." "It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple." "The more you have, the more you want"