15 minimalistista ajatelmaa elämästä

“Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.”
– Harold Kushner

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“The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things.”
– Elise Boulding

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”Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”
– Lao Tzu

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”Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do more, acquiring less so I can have more.”
– John Kabat-Zinn

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”One will realize that having more and more won’t solve the problem, and happiness does not lie in possessions, or even relationships: The answer lies within ourselves. If we can’t find peace and happiness there, it’s not going to come from the outside.”
– Tenzin Palmo

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“In order to seek one’s own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.”
– Plato

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”I make myself rich by making my wants few.”
– Henry David Thoreau

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”Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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”Getting rid of everything that doesn’t matter allows you to remember who you are. Simplicity doesn’t change who you are, it brings you back to who you are.”
– Courtney Carver

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”You can do anything but not everything”
– David Allen

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”You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.”
– Vernon Howard.

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 “My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.”
– Francine Jay.

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”I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.”
– Jim Carrey

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”If one’s life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital.”
– Dalai Lama

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”Minimalism is built around the idea that there’s nothing that you’re lacking.”
– Fumio Sasaki

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