We prove a new minimization theorem in quasi-metric spaces, which improves the results of Takahashi (1993). Further, this theorem is used to generalize Caristi's fixed point theorem and Ekeland's ε-variational principle. 1. Introduction. Caristi [1] proved a fixed point theorem on complete metric spaces which generalizes the Banach contraction principle. Ekeland [3] also obtained a non-convex m...