Marie Kondo Quotes

The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one's life.

I function properly, feel better, do better, look better, and treat others better when there's less clutter.

The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace.

I'm pretty much done with mindfulness. I'm just going to start paying attention.

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.

I'm a big believer in minimalism. Not materialist minimalism, although that's part of it, but time and energy minimalism. The body is given only so much energy a day.

Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

Being a mum makes you more aware of how short life is and how important it is to enjoy every minute because you have less time for yourself. A day doesn't have 24 hours any more - it only lasts 10, or eight. So you learn to get rid of all the parasites. I'm not talking about people, but things that could be toxic for happiness.

In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find - and I hear from other people that they agree - that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness.

I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of you, your mind goes nuts.

My mind was always very cluttered, so I took great pains to simplify my environment, because if my environment were half as cluttered as my mind, I wouldn't be able to make it from room to room.

I'm able to think more clearly when I don't have clutter and stuff around.

The uncluttered life is the key to a good memory.

As time passes, we like to simplify our lives.

I'm all about cultivating joy in your life.

I've started making my wardrobe a uniform: I find that the fewer options I have, the better my state of mind.

You just wake up every single day with a clear mind and basically just have fun and be positive, because God knows what could happen, you know?

When you're happy at home, it spills out into every other area of your life.

My resolution is to make positivity, thankfulness and happiness my new mantra.

Depression might have chosen you, but you don't have to choose it back. Sometimes happiness comes with bootstraps, but so what? Pull 'em up. Choose joy.

The best recipe for happiness and contentment I've seen is this: dig a big hole in the garden of your thoughts and put into it all your disillusions, disappointments, regrets, worries, troubles, doubts, and fears. Cover well with the earth of fruitfulness. Water it from the well of contentment. Sow on top the seeds of hope, courage, strength, patience, and love. Then when the time for gathering comes, may your harvest be a rich and fruitful one.

Happiness is to have a little string onto which things will attach themselves.

Give yourself permission to smile a lot today. In fact, why not make it a habit!

Don't feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy.