Leo Babauta > Quotes

“Instead of focusing on how much you can accomplish, focus on how much you can absolutely love what you’re doing.”
― Leo Babauta

“The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now.”
― Leo Babauta

“The way I define happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you have, right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best you that you can be.”
― Leo Babauta

“At the end of the day, the questions we ask of ourselves determine the type of people that we will become.”
― Leo Babauta

“The point of simple living, for me has got to be:

A soft place to land

A wide margin of error

Room to breathe

Lots of places to find baseline happiness in each and every day”
― Leo Babauta

“Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest.”
― Leo Babauta

“Stop waiting for the right person to come into your life. Be the right person to come to someone’s life”
― Leo Babauta

“We’re so caught up in trying to do everything, experience all the essential things, not miss out on anything important...We can’t read all the good books, watch all the good films, go to all the best cities in the world, try all the best restaurants, meet all the great people...Life is better when we don’t try to do everything. Learn to enjoy the slice of life you experience, and life turns out to be wonderful.”
― Leo Babauta

“Such a simplified lifestyle can be truly wonderful - you'll finally have time for the things you really love, for relaxation, for outdoor activities, for exercise, for reading or finding peace and quiet, for the loved ones in your life, for the things you're most passionate about. This is what it means to thrive - to live a life full of the things you want in them, and not more. To live a better quality of life without having to spend and buy and consume.”
― Leo Babauta, Thriving on Less: Simplifying in a Tough Economy

“Be a curator of your life. Slowly cut things out until you’re left only with what you love, with what’s necessary, with what makes you happy.”
― Leo Babauta, The Effortless Life: A Manual for Contentment, Mindfulness, & Flow

“Principle 1: By setting limitations, we must choose the essential. So in everything you do, learn to set limitations.   Principle 2: By choosing the essential, we create great impact with minimal resources. Always choose the essential to maximize your time and energy.”
― Leo Babauta, The Power Of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential

“The Power of Less is perfect for achieving goals: Limit yourself to fewer goals, and you’ll achieve more. At the same time, we’ll look at ways to narrow your focus on your projects, so that you can complete them more effectively and move forward on your goals. We’ll apply limitations to our projects to increase our effectiveness.”
― Leo Babauta, The Power Of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential

“The beginning is half of every action." Greek Proverb”
― Leo Babauta, Zen to Done

“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less." - Socrates”
― Leo Babauta, The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life

“Failure is simply an indicator that something in our method needs to be changed.”
― Leo Babauta, The Little Book of Contentment

“Adding little amounts over time makes a huge difference”
― Leo Babauta

“Sometimes hard stuff needs to be done in order to make the stuff you love possible”
― Leo Babauta

“Doing a huge number of things doesn’t mean you’re getting anything meaningful done.”
― Leo Babauta, The Power Of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential

“Too many people spend money they havenʼt earned, to buy things they donʼt want, to impress people they donʼt like." - Will Rogers”
― Leo Babauta, The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life

“If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, then this is the best season of your life." - Wu-Men”
― Leo Babauta, The Simple Guide to a Minimalist Life

“If something's not giving you value, consider eliminating it from your life.”
― Leo Babauta, The Power Of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential

“Protect your time - it's your most valuable commodity. Guard it with your life.”
― Leo Babauta, The Power Of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential

“1. Clutter is a manifestation of a) holding onto the past and b) fear of what might happen in the future.”
― Leo Babauta, Clutterfree

“The things that matter most should never be at the mercy of the things that matter least."
- Goethe”
― Leo Babauta, Zen to Done

“Find a quiet place, and just read. If you’re reading an ebook, clear away everything else but your ebook reader.
Then you settle into the reading, and enjoy it. Bask in the luxury of reading without distractions.”
― Leo Babauta, Focus: A Simplicity Manifesto in the Age of Distraction

“Knowing thousands of recipes doesn't feed you, unless you start cooking”
― Leo Babauta, Zen Habits: Handbook for Life

“Happiness isn’t in the future, it’s not somewhere else. It’s available right inside us, right now, all the time.”
― Leo Babauta, Zen Habits 2014 Blog Posts

“Enough means having enough to live, and enough to be happy, and enough to thrive.”
― Leo Babauta, thriving on less: simplifying in a tough economy

“Why do we need to compare ourselves to others or the images we have of others (who are, after all, also flawed)? What does this do for us? It’s harmful, not helpful.”
― Leo Babauta, The Little Book of Contentment

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
- Leonardo da Vinci”
― Leo Babauta, Zen to Done