64 Quotes by Marie Kondō

"The ultimate secret of success is this: If you tidy up in one shot, rather than little by little, you can dramatically change your mind-set."

"Quem não consegue tomar decisões em geral não tem confiança em si próprio."

"A verdadeira função de um presente é ser recebido. Presentes não são "coisas" e sim um meio de transmitir o sentimento de alguém."

"People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners."

"Mi resi conto che il valore degli oggetti di cui ho goduto da sola è decisamente minore del valore degli oggetti che mi ricordano i bei momenti trascorsi insieme agli altri."

"Marathon tidying produces a heap of garbage. At this stage, the one disaster that can wreak more havoc than an earthquake is the entrance of that recycling expert who goes by the alias of "mother."

"By handling each sentimental item and deciding what to discard, you process your past. If you just stow these things away in a drawer or cardboard box, before you realise it, your past will become a weight that holds you back and keeps you from living in the here and now. Pg.116-117"

"It is not memories but the person we have become because of those past experiences that we should treasure. This is the lesson these keepsakes teach us when we sort them. The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not the person we were in the past. P.118"

"The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now. Not for the person we were in the past."

"Everything you own wants to be of use to you. Even if you throw it away or burn it, it will only leave behind the energy of wanting to be of service."