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I have found that the temple of the undistracted mind must be hous

I have found that the temple of the undistracted mind must be housed in an uncluttered environment. A basement or garret is invaluable, but they, too, must be uncluttered, even though they hold many essential things used only occasionally… – American Home, 1945

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Do other people, I wonder, find the same keen pleasure that I do in periodically undertaking a pilgrimage all over the house to wage a war of extermination upon its accumulations of rubbish? – Chiffon, “The Woman of To‑Day,” To‑Day, 1898 January 15th #declutter

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A place for everything and everything in its place. – Old saying, circa early 1600s

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We lack the fine-line tuning that enables us to find the wise place between too little and too much. – Ken Keyes, How to Enjoy Your Life in Spite of it All, 1980

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As with the advent of spring cleaning we clear out of our houses the things no longer useful to us, why not at the same time relieve our minds of worthless rubbish? – Emily Tolman, “Seasonable Suggestions,” 1907

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