“Extract the eternal from the ephemeral.”
“From shit, thus, I extract pure Shinola”
“Ephemeral, highly ephemeral is the world of formations; ephemeral, highly ephemeral are our clothes and hairstyles, and our hair and our bodies themselves.”
“Urgent equals ephemeral, and ephemeral equals unimportant.”
“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”
“It's our greed to extract more and more from good that turns it into evil.”