Sometimes, the inessential is essential.

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…

— Anonymous

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…

— Laini Taylor

“No subject posits itself spontaneously and at once as the inessential from the outset; it is not the Other who, defining itself as Other,…

— Simone de Beauvoir

“Failure is a stripping away of the inessential.”

— J.K. Rowling

Men cannot labor on always. They must have recreation.

— Orville Dewey

“The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing.”

— Amit Kalantri

The preservation of parks, wilderness, and wildlife has also aided liberty by keeping alive the 19th century sense of adventure and awe with which…

— Ronald Reagan

Leisure, the highest happiness upon earth, is seldom enjoyed with perfect satisfaction, except in solitude. Indolence and indifference do not always afford leisure; for…

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less. On, on, on for ever,…

— Charles Spurgeon

“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between her work and her play; her labor and her leisure; her mind…

— Anonymous

How we use our leisure is equally as important to our joy as our occupational pursuits. Proper use of leisure requires discriminating judgment. Our…

— J. Richard Clarke

He that will make good use of any part of his life must allow a large part of it to recreation.

— John Locke

Make thy recreation servant to thy business, lest thou become a slave to thy recreation.

— Francis Quarles

Many Christians take their time and have leisure enough in their social life (no hurry here). They are leisurely, too, in their professionally activities,…

— Josemaria Escriva

I kind of pride myself on coming onto things that are well-oiled machines and finding a way to bring what I bring and fit…

— Rob Lowe