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61 " Simplicity slows down life and frees us from this modern hysteria to live faster. It finds freedom to disengage. "
― Joshua Becker , Inside-Out Simplicity
62 " Overscheduled children lose the space to simply be with themselves and learn the art of being alone. In our noisy, busy world, the importance of developing the life skill of solitude, meditation, and quietly being with oneself can not be overstated. "
― Joshua Becker , Clutterfree with Kids
63 " Sometimes, minimizing possessions means a dream must die. But this is not always a bad thing. Sometimes, it takes giving up the person we wanted to be in order to fully appreciate the person we can actually become. "
― Joshua Becker , The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own
64 " Stop trying to impress others with your stuff and start trying to impress them with your life. "
― Joshua Becker , Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter Their Home and Life
65 " But nobody gets to the end of life wishing they had bought more things. Why is that? Because consumption never fully delivers on its promise of fulfillment or happiness. Instead, it steals our freedom and results only in an unquenchable desire for more. It brings burden and regret. It distracts us from the very things that do bring us joy. "
66 " Have the courage to build your life around what is really most important to you. "
― Joshua Becker , The Minimalist Home: A Room-By-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life
67 " Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of everything that distracts from it. It is a highly personal journey that forces us to identify and articulate our highest values. Because of that, it is always going to be practiced differently by each individual. "
68 " Maybe the life you’ve always wanted is buried under everything you own! "
69 " Almost half the world — over three billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day. 1.1 billion people have inadequate access to clean water and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation. Let those facts sink in for just a moment… and slowly allow gratitude and a desire to become part of the solution find a place in your heart. "
70 " Learn to enjoy things without owning them. Ownership is nothing, access is everything. Visit a library, a park, or a museum. "
71 " Will Rogers once said, “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.” "
72 " I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.” —Leo Rosten "
73 " Mark Twain has been credited as saying, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” And I might add a third: the day you throw off any distraction and decide to pursue your purpose fully. "
74 " But maybe the greatest benefit of generosity is this: generous people realize that they already have enough. "
75 " The goal of minimalism, let’s remember, is not just to own less stuff. The goal of minimalism is to unburden our lives so we can accomplish more. "
76 " Be who you are, not who you wished to be. "
77 " Our excessive possessions are not making us happy. Even worse, they are taking us away from the things that do. Once we let go of the things that don't matter, we are free to pursue all the things that really do matter. "
78 " Kids who don’t learn boundaries become adults who don’t set them. "
79 " Purposefully owning less begins to take us out of the unwinnable game of comparison. "
80 " What if contentment is actually found in the opposite place from where we have been looking? What if contentment is found not in accumulating things for ourselves but in meeting the needs of others? It’s true that the less we need, the more we can give away. But what if the inverse is also true? What if the more we give away, the less we need? In other words, what if generosity leads to contentment? People who give away possessions hold their remaining possessions in higher esteem. People who give their time make better use of their remaining time. And people who donate money are less wasteful with the money left over. "