Quotes About Minimalism

He who is plenteously provided for from within, needs but little from without.

A human being needs only a small plot of ground on which to be happy, and even less to lie beneath.

In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.

The more I simplify my life, the happier I feel.

Going back to a simpler life is not a step backwards.

All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life.

My greatest skill has been to want but little.

Life if curious when reduced to its essentials

I really keep my life very simple.

Five cats and a woman. That is all I need in life.

I'm someone who loves to enjoy life and tries to focus on real things and real friendships. That's why I live very simply.

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.

You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.

You know your life is over when you own a lawnmower.

I own a well-used library card and not much else

Simplicity – the art of maximizing the amount of work not done – is essential.

Let our people travel light and free on their bicycles—nothing on the back but a shirt, nothing tied to the bike but a slicker, in case of rain. Their

I am here not only to evade for a while the clamor and filth and confusion of the cultural apparatus but also to confront, immediately and directly if it's possible, the bare bones of existence, the elemental and fundamental, the bedrock which sustains us.

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.

The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.

Stuffocation: being overwhelmed by the stuff one has bought or accumulated.

Spartan simplicity must be observed. Nothing will be done merely because it contributes to beauty, convenience, comfort, or prestige.

No scrap of paper bigger than my smallest punch shall be thrown away.

I want to be buried in a cardboard coffin.