Clutter smothers joy, while simplicity liberates it. Clutter makes life complicated, heavy, and wearisome. Simplicity makes life relaxed, carefree, and invigorating. – Tommy Newberry, “Cut the Clutter,” 40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life: Living the 4:8

Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing? – William Shakespeare, As You Like It [IV, 1, Rosalind]

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

Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. – William Morris, lecture, 1880