# Minimal Maxims

Source: https://www.theminimalists.com/minimalmaxims/
Published: 2019-08-04
Updated: 2024-06-11
Author: The Minimalists

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Updated for 2019, we pulled together a bunch of our audience’s favorite “quotes by The Minimalists” and displayed them below, one tweet at a time. Which is you favorite?

If you’d like a more comprehensive list of our “Minimal Maxims,” we developed a simple [website](https://minimalmaxims.com) that contains hundreds of The Minimalists’ quotes in one place.

> Love people and use things, because the opposite never works.
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> — The Minimalists (@TheMinimalists) [February 14, 2018](https://twitter.com/TheMinimalists/status/963798237378465803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Scrolling is the new smoking.
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> — Joshua Fields Millburn (@JFM) [March 27, 2018](https://twitter.com/JFM/status/978696711269838848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> You can’t change the people around you, but you can change the people around you.
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> — The Minimalists (@TheMinimalists) [August 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheMinimalists/status/1157441196861480960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Do you like what you like, or did someone tell you to like it?
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> — Joshua Fields Millburn (@JFM) [December 26, 2018](https://twitter.com/JFM/status/1078004201018408961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Oxygen is anxiety’s enemy.
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> — The Minimalists (@TheMinimalists) [May 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheMinimalists/status/1132647828776472576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Day one. Or one day. You decide.
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> — Joshua Fields Millburn (@JFM) [January 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/JFM/status/1080237283515584514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> The truth is, you can skip the pursuit of happiness altogether and just be happy.
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> — The Minimalists (@TheMinimalists) [September 15, 2018](https://twitter.com/TheMinimalists/status/1040897762538283008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Whenever you say “yes” to something unimportant, you’re saying “no” to something important.
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> — Joshua Fields Millburn (@JFM) [January 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/JFM/status/1080464418524213253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> A pound of experiences is much more valuable than a pound of stuff.
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> — The Minimalists (@TheMinimalists) [May 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheMinimalists/status/1128644448257282048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Are they paying you to wear that logo, or did you pay them for the privilege of advertising on your body?
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> — Joshua Fields Millburn (@JFM) [January 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/JFM/status/1081245842768457728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Our memories are not in our things. Our memories are in us.
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> — The Minimalists (@TheMinimalists) [May 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheMinimalists/status/1130111116003205120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Making a good living is not the same thing as living well.
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> — Joshua Fields Millburn (@JFM) [January 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/JFM/status/1083061669947822081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Debt-free is the new American Dream. —[@RyanNicodemus](https://twitter.com/RyanNicodemus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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> — The Minimalists (@TheMinimalists) [March 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheMinimalists/status/1108775790680948736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Some of the worst experiences in my life are some of the best experiences in my life.
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> — Joshua Fields Millburn (@JFM) [January 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/JFM/status/1087720423591014401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Happiness is a byproduct of a meaningful life.
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> — The Minimalists (@TheMinimalists) [August 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheMinimalists/status/1157441909133942784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> A kind person is the best kind of person.
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> — Joshua Fields Millburn (@JFM) [June 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/JFM/status/1143963871331278848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> If you’re just driving around without a destination in mind, you’ll never get there.
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> — The Minimalists (@TheMinimalists) [June 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheMinimalists/status/1135917380285026304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> My proudest fatherly moment. [https://t.co/Kxe4hIK3vu](https://t.co/Kxe4hIK3vu)
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> — Joshua Fields Millburn (@JFM) [March 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/JFM/status/1101519373699702784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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