Minimalism Quotes

“She remembered who she was
and the game changed.”
― Lalah Delia

“Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It's your masterpiece after all.”
― Nathan W. Morris

“I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.”
― Bob Newhart

“My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.”
― Francine Jay, Miss Minimalist: Inspiration to Downsize, Declutter, and Simplify

“The first step in crafting the life you want is to get rid of everything you don't.”
― Joshua Becker

“Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it.”
― Joshua Becker, Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter Their Home and Life

“The purposeful destruction of information is the essence of intelligent work.”
― Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines

“I never said it was easy to find your place in this world, but I’m coming to the conclusion that if you seek to please others, you will forever be changing because you will never be yourself, only fragments of someone you could be. You need to belong to yourself, and let others belong to themselves too. You need to be free and detached from things and your surroundings. You need to build your home in your own simple existence, not in friends, lovers, your career or material belongings, because these are things you will lose one day. That’s the natural order of this world. This is called the practice of detachment.”
― Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles: in search for The Great Perhaps

“It's not always that we need to do more but rather that we need to focus on less.”
― Nathan W. Morris

“Eyes blinded by the fog of things
cannot see truth.
Ears deafened by the din of things
cannot hear truth.
Brains bewildered by the whirl of things
cannot think truth.
Hearts deadened by the weight of things
cannot feel truth.
Throats choked by the dust of things
cannot speak truth.”
― Harold Bell Wright, The Uncrowned King

“You can kill people with sound. And if you can kill, then maybe there is also the sound that is opposite of killing. And the distance between these two points is very big. And you are free--you can choose. In art everything is possible, but everything is not necessary.”
― Arvo Pärt

“A well-used minimum suffices for everything.”
― Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days

“Your home is living space, not storage space.”
― Francine Jay

“I've found that the less stuff I own, the less my stuff owns me.”
― Nathan W. Morris

“Prose is architecture and the Baroque age is over.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“You sell off the kingdom piece by piece and trade it for a horse that will take you anywhere.”
― Colin Wright, My Exile Lifestyle

“Some things cost way more when we keep them.”
― Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

“So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian.”
― Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited

“Procrasdemon makes you waste your time on things that do not add value to your life.”
― Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

“There are two ways to be rich: One is by acquiring much, and the other is by desiring little.”
― Jackie French Koller

“We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa Claus myth and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys.
"Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten", Dad said, "you'll still have your stars.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“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.

“To hoard what you cannot use, and deny it to those who can, is not ownership. It is silent theft. True worth lies not in possession, but in purpose.”
― Shon Mehta, Stories Of Jivavarta

“By wearing clothes and footwear only when they are absolutely necessary, you may be able to reclaim your sense of freedom and your connection to your surroundings.”
― Thomas Lu, The Personal Sustainability Handbook: 60+ Practices to Sustainabilize Your Health, Finances, Relationships and Beyond

“If possible, try to let go of people or assets that don’t serve your needs — such as fake friends, bad partners, fancy gadgets and flashy properties. This may help you simplify your network or your possession structure — which in turn may help you eliminate many unforeseen liabilities.”
― Thomas Lu, The Personal Sustainability Handbook: 60+ Practices to Sustainabilize Your Health, Finances, Relationships and Beyond

“Peace often looks like less, but feels like more.”
― Ajmal, from "The Border of a Mind"

“Knowing the science of the moon doesn’t blunt its pull; it still rises with a calm that needs no explanation.”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

“It’s the lack of self-regulation that drives people to unhappiness.”
― Sasha Laghonh

“I encourage people to focus on what matters in their life. Hold on to the right things and people that matter, release the rest.”
― Sasha Laghonh

“Design is thinking made visible. Every choice carries responsibility, culture, and understanding. When designers listen before they create, their work moves beyond decoration and becomes communication that lasts.”
― Qudama Rafiq