Joshua Becker Quotes

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

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• “Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it.”

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• “Owning less is better than organizing more.”

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• “We were never meant to live life accumulating stuff. We were meant to live simply enjoying the experiences of life, the people of life, and the journey of life - not the things of life.”

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• “Don't just declutter, de-own.”

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• “Own less stuff. Enjoy more freedom. It really is that simple.”

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• “You don't need more space. You need less stuff.”

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• “There is more joy to be found in owning less than can ever be found in organizing more.”

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• “If you are not content today, there is nothing you can buy tomorrow to change that.”

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• “Simplicity slows down life and frees us from this modern hysteria to live faster. It finds freedom to disengage.”

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• “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.”

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• “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.”

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• “Your life is far too valuable to be wasted on the life that everyone else is choosing.”

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• “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.”

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• “Have the courage to build your life around what is really most important to you.”

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• “Stop trying to impress others with your stuff and start trying to impress them with your life.”

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• “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.”

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• “...minimalism in the service of others is a logical extension of the same ethos of selflessness.”

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• “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”

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• “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.”

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• “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.”

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• “In our overcrowded homes today, most possessions are not truly “belongings.” They are only distracting us from the things that do belong.”

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• “But maybe the greatest benefit of generosity is this: generous people realize that they already have enough.”

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• “Be who you are, not who you wished to be.”

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• “Maybe the life you’ve always wanted is buried under everything you own!”

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