Leo Babauta
12 quotes
Biography
"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."
"Instead of focusing on how much you can accomplish, focus on how much you can absolutely love what you’re doing."
"The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now."
"At the end of the day, the questions we ask of ourselves determine the type of people that we will become."
"The point of simple living, for me has got to be:A soft place to landA wide margin of errorRoom to breatheLots of places to find baseline happiness in each and every day"
"Stop waiting for the right person to come into your life. Be the right person to come to someone’s life"
"I read because I love the experience, because it is a powerful teacher of life, because it transforms me."
"Make it so easy you can't say no."
"Now think about every object you touch — your phone, a dish, a cup, a book, your laptop, your shirt. Imagine that each object were sacred, precious, a deeply valuable gift. Imagine that they were as valuable as your eyeballs. Now imagine treating this object with the kind of care and respect you'd treat your own eyeballs with. Would this change how you treat things?"
"We can create a fearless life by living daily out of our comfort zone, and in the deliciousness of uncertainty."
"Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential. Eliminate the rest."
"Adding little amounts over time makes a huge difference"