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Letting go is even more important than adding.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, Does this spark joy?
Marie KondoMarie Kondo Tidying your physical space allows you to tend to your psychological space.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo Although we can get to know ourselves better by sitting down and analyzing our characteristics or by listening to others’ perspectives on us, I believe that tidying is the best way.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo A person’s awareness and perspective on his or her own lifestyle are far more important than any skill at sorting, storing, or whatever.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo It is only when you put your house in order that your furniture and decorations come to life.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo I begin my course with these words: Tidying is a special event. Don’t do it every day.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo Activity clutter comes from the things we do that take up precious time and sap our energy but don’t make a meaningful difference to our personal, professional, or even company’s mission.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo The essence of effective storage is this: designate a spot for every last thing you own.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo Being surrounded by things that bring joy makes you happy
Marie KondoMarie Kondo Cherish the things you love. Cherish yourself.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo To quietly work away at disposing of your own excess is actually the best way of dealing with a family that doesn’t tidy.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo People who use the KonMari Method never revert to clutter again.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo Storage, after all, is the sacred act of choosing a home for my belongings.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo Start with clothes, then move on to books, papers, komono (miscellany), and finally things with sentimental value.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff.
Marie KondoMarie Kondo
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In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt The irony is that he broke the only person he never wanted to hurt.
Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey I will wait, I am waiting, and I will love you with all the love I posses until this body is ash and I begin my search for you again.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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Poor is a state of mind. Broke is, ‘I’m just passing through.’
Dave RamseyDave Ramsey Today, let’s set our minds and hearts on feeling more thankful for what we are than guilty for what we’re not. Let’s cut the threads of guilt with grace.
Lysa TerKeurstLysa TerKeurst I change my mind so much I need two boyfriends and a girlfriend.
PinkPink Practice the healing power of the compassionate mind.
Caroline MyssCaroline Myss What your eyes read is what your mind eats.
Daisy BernardezDaisy Bernardez To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states.
George SorosGeorge Soros The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.
Caroline MyssCaroline Myss Minds ripen at very different ages.
Stevie WonderStevie Wonder
