“I don’t know many rules to live by,” he’d said. “But here’s one. It’s simple. Don’t put anything unnecessary into yourself. No poisons or chemicals, no fumes or smoke or alcohol, no sharp objects, no inessential needles—drug or tattoo—and… no inessential penises, either.”
“Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don't reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention”
“Sometimes, the inessential is essential.”
“Failure is a stripping away of the inessential.”
“It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.”
“it is a triumph of life that old people lose their memories of inessential things...”