Leo Babauta Quotes & Sayings

The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now. — Leo Babauta

less TV, more reading less shopping, more outdoors less clutter, more space less rush, more slowness less consuming, more creating less junk, more real food less busywork, more impact less driving, more walking less noise, more solitude less focus on the future, more on the present less work, more play less worry, more smiles breathe — Leo Babauta

Find a quiet place, and just read. If you're reading an ebook, clear away everything else but your ebook reader.
Then you settle into the reading, and enjoy it. Bask in the luxury of reading without distractions. — Leo Babauta

Sometimes hard stuff needs to be done in order to make the stuff you love possible — Leo Babauta

Keep it simple, and focus on what you have to do right now, not on playing with your system or your tools. — Leo Babauta

At the end of the day, the questions we ask of ourselves determine the type of people that we will become. — Leo Babauta

Happiness isn't in the future, it's not somewhere else. It's available right inside us, right now, all the time. — Leo Babauta

On the topic of exercise, It's just as important as brushing your teeth everyday, more important than watching TV or reading online or answering email. Make time for something so crucial to a good life. — Leo Babauta

The comfort of certainty and perfection vs. the fear of uncertainty and being suboptimal. This is the struggle.
Let me let you in on a secret: no one is free from this struggle. — Leo Babauta

Be a curator of your life. Slowly cut things out until you're left only with what you love, with what's necessary, with what makes you happy. — Leo Babauta

Create your own source of built-in happiness. Walk around as a whole, happy person, needing nothing. Then come from this place of wholeness, of self-reliance and independence, and love others. Not because you want them to love you back, not because you want to be needed, but because loving them is an amazing thing to do. — Leo Babauta

Principle 1: By setting limitations, we must choose the essential. So in everything you do, learn to set limitations. Principle 2: By choosing the essential, we create great impact with minimal resources. Always choose the essential to maximize your time and energy. — Leo Babauta

Doing a huge number of things doesn't mean you're getting anything meaningful done. — Leo Babauta

Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest. — Leo Babauta

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less. - Socrates — Leo Babauta

The beginning is half of every action. Greek Proverb — Leo Babauta

If you can focus on doing things that make you happy, you'll have less of a need for stuff. — Leo Babauta

The Power of Less is perfect for achieving goals: Limit yourself to fewer goals, and you'll achieve more. At the same time, we'll look at ways to narrow your focus on your projects, so that you can complete them more effectively and move forward on your goals. We'll apply limitations to our projects to increase our effectiveness. — Leo Babauta

Such a simplified lifestyle can be truly wonderful - you'll finally have time for the things you really love, for relaxation, for outdoor activities, for exercise, for reading or finding peace and quiet, for the loved ones in your life, for the things you're most passionate about. This is what it means to thrive - to live a life full of the things you want in them, and not more. To live a better quality of life without having to spend and buy and consume. — Leo Babauta

Don't rush. Go slowly. Be present. — Leo Babauta

We're so caught up in trying to do everything, experience all the essential things, not miss out on anything important ... We can't read all the good books, watch all the good films, go to all the best cities in the world, try all the best restaurants, meet all the great people ... Life is better when we don't try to do everything. Learn to enjoy the slice of life you experience, and life turns out to be wonderful. — Leo Babauta

Adding little amounts over time makes a huge difference — Leo Babauta

Pause. Breathe. Let all of that fade. — Leo Babauta

The way I define happiness is being the creator of your experience, choosing to take pleasure in what you have, right now, regardless of the circumstances, while being the best you that you can be. — Leo Babauta

If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, then this is the best season of your life." - Wu-Men — Leo Babauta

The things that matter most should never be at the mercy of the things that matter least. - Goethe — Leo Babauta

Stop waiting for the right person to come into your life. Be the right person to come to someone's life — Leo Babauta

Instead of focusing on how much you can accomplish, focus on how much you can absolutely love what you're doing. — Leo Babauta

Happiness is not outside ourselves. — Leo Babauta

The point of simple living, for me has got to be:
A soft place to land
A wide margin of error
Room to breathe
Lots of places to find baseline happiness in each and every day — Leo Babauta

Now I have a tiny bit of knowledge, but more interestingly, a bit of an awareness of my vast ignorance. This is humbling, and at the same time exciting, because it shows how amazing this world is. — Leo Babauta

We may feel productive when we're constantly switching between things, constantly doing something, but in all honesty, we're not. We're just distracted. — Leo Babauta