“The thought of building a life around minimal morality or minimal significance—a life defined by the question, “What is permissible?”—felt almost disgusting to me. I didn’t want a minimal life. I didn’t want to live on the outskirts of reality. I wanted to understand the main thing about life and pursue it.”
“I want to minimize the deaths I am responsible for.”
“It was a life I didn’t want to leave behind.It was a life I didn’t want to forget.”
“Bring on hyperinflation! I want to be a millionaire with minimal work.”
“Life's too short for minimalism.”
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”