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“Discard any possessions that you can’t discuss with passion.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: On Minimalist Living

“The qualities I look for in the things I buy are (1) the item has a minimalist type of shape, and is easy to clean; (2) its color isn’t too loud; (3) I’ll be able to use it for a long time; (4) it has a simple structure; (5) it’s lightweight and compact; and (6) it has multiple uses.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Seriously, minimalists have no possessions that they are scared to lose. That gives them the optimism and courage to take risks. Experiences”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“The desire to discard and the desire to possess are flip sides of the same coin. It”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“With our desire to have more, we find ourselves spending more and more time and energy to manage and maintain everything we have. We try so hard to do this that the things that were supposed to help us end up ruling us.

We eventually get used to the new state where our wishes have been fulfilled. We start taking those things for granted and there comes a time when we start getting tired of what we have.

We're desperate to convey our own worth, our own value to others. We use objects to tell people just how valuable we are. The objects that are supposed to represent our qualities become our qualities themselves.

There are more things to gain from eliminating excess than you might imagine: time, space, freedom and energy.

When people say something is impossible, they have already decided that they don't want to do it.

Differentiate between things you want and things you need.

Leave your unused space empty. These open areas are incredibly useful. They bring us a sense of freedom and keep our minds open to the more important things in life.

Memories are wonderful but you won't have room to develop if your attachment to the past is too strong. It's better to cut some of those ties so you can focus on what's important today.

Don't get creative when you are trying to discard things.

There's no need to stock up.

An item chosen with passion represents perfection to us. Things we just happen to pick up, however, are easy candidates for disposal or replacement.

As long as we stick to owning things that we really love, we aren't likely to want more.

Our homes aren't museum, they don't need collections.

When you aren't sure that you really want to part with something, try stowing it away for a while.

Larger furniture items with bold colors will in time trigger visual fatigue and then boredom.

Discarding things can be wasteful. But the guilt that keeps you from minimizing is the true waste. The real waste is the psychological damage that you accrue from hanging on to things you don't use or need.

We find our originality when we own less.

When you think about it, it's experience that builds our unique characteristics, not material objects.

I've lowered my bar for happiness simply by switching to a tenugui. When even a regular bath towel can make you happy, you'll be able to find happiness almost everywhere.

For the minimalist, the objective isn't to reduce, it's to eliminate distractions so they can focus on the things that are truly important. Minimalism is just the beginning. It's a tool. Once you've gone ahead and minimized, it's time to find out what those important things are.

Minimalism is built around the idea that there's nothing that you're lacking. You'll spend less time being pushed around by something that you think may be missing.

The qualities I look for in the things that I buy are:
- the item has a minimalistic kind of shape and is easy to clean
- it's color isn't too loud
- I'll be able to use it for a long time
- it has a simple structure
- it's lightweight and compact
- it has multiple uses

A relaxed moment is not without meaning, it's an important time for reflection.

It wasn't the fallen leaves that the lady had been tidying up, it was her own laziness that she had been sweeping away.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

With daily cleaning, the reward may be the sense of accomplishment and calmness we feel afterward.

Cleaning your house is like polishing yourself.

Simply by living an organized life, you'll be more invigorated, more confident and like yourself better.

Having parted with the bulk of my belongings, I feel true contentment with my day-to-day life. The very act of living brings me joy.

When you become a minimalist, you free yourself from all the materialist messages that surround us. All the creative marketing and annoying ads no longer have an effect on you.”
― fumio sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Discard anything that creates visual noise. The objects I have at home are white, beige, gray, and the colors of wood, pleasing to the eye and in harmony among themselves. The balance is disrupted when I have something in a flashy neon color or a primary color that’s too bold; they stand out too much and disturb the peaceful atmosphere.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Take a minute to really focus on each item you can’t part with and ask yourself why. Is it because it was expensive? Is it because you feel guilty about throwing it away? Are you ashamed that you were never able to make good use of it? Do you feel bad for the person who gave it to you? Does it feel like you’re throwing away a fond memory that is attached to it? Is your vanity preventing you from parting with something? Or is it just easier to leave it where it is?”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Minimalism is not a goal. Reducing the number of possessions that you have is not a goal unto itself. I think minimalism is a method for individuals to find the things that are entirely important to them. It's a prologue for crafting your own unique story.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Getting rich doesn't mean you will receive a special bonus and your days will become 25 hours long instead of 24.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“the more things you have, the more you accumulate. You’ll never be satisfied when trapped in this cycle; it will only make you want more and more. It”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Neither the past nor the future actually exists. There’s only an eternal present, and you can only experience the now.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“When you think about it, it’s experience that builds our unique characteristics, not material objects.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Things don’t just sit there. They send us silent messages.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“We think we can't become a minimalist until our lives have settled down. But it's actually the other way around; we won't be able to settle down until we're having a minimalist life.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“In the film Into the Wild, the protagonist Chris McCandless leaves us with words I think are worth living by: “Happiness [is] only real when shared.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Happiness is not having what you want,
but wanting what you have. —RABBI HYMAN SCHACHTEL”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“We are more interested in making others
believe we are happy than in trying
to be happy ourselves. —FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Minimalism had to be born, not out of a mere spur-of-the-moment idea or yearning for a new lifestyle, but from an earnest desire and fervent need to rethink our lives.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Things don’t just sit there. They send us silent messages. And the more the item has been neglected, the stronger its message will be. Maybe”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Most of those “nicer things,â€� and the money we need for them, are just for show. We’re driven by pride rather than need. Have”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“one thing that I can honestly say now is that there isn’t really a need to accomplish something or build an ambitious future. We can begin to be content with ourselves and feel plenty of happiness by simply going about our daily lives, appreciating the present moment. When”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Minimalism naturally narrows down your choices so you can arrive at quick decisions. Less”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“But that judgment of “Ugh, you still own so much. How lame!â€� is exactly the same mind-set as “Ugh, you still don’t have this. How lame!â€� There”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“only look at souvenirs, no matter how tempting they are. This has allowed me to focus more on the journey itself.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“You won’t tire as quickly of objects that are easier on the eyes and less stimulating, and they can generally be used for longer periods of time.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“Happiness isn’t a state that we win by accomplishing certain criteria. Happiness is something that can only be felt in this moment. You”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“It’s the things you’d be willing to buy again that give you true satisfaction.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“It's useless being hung up over something that you can't prove.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“About sixty thousand different thoughts are said to go through a person’s mind over the course of a day. Ninety-five percent of that is made up of the same things we’d been thinking about the day before, and 80 percent of those thoughts are believed to be negative. In my days as a maximalist, I lived in fear of my future, constantly worrying about my career and how others saw me. Forget about that 80 percent I mentioned a moment earlier—practically all my thoughts were negative. So, how do you make a slow computer like that work properly? Since our fifty-thousand-year-old hardware isn’t going to change, we need to get rid of the extra load that isn’t needed. Rather than trying to add more and more, running out of disk space and exhausting ourselves in the process, I think it’s time we started thinking about subtracting and refining to enhance the truly important things that might be buried deep down underneath all that excess.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

“I’ve heard it said that the secret to a happy marriage is to simply talk a lot with your partner. One study showed that happily married couples talked with each other five more hours per week than couples that aren’t happy.”
― Fumio Sasaki, Goodbye, Things: On Minimalist Living