Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue.

if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without

I dislike organized games, swimming pools, fashionable resorts, night clubs, music in restaurants, and political manifestoes; I enjoy driving from coast to coast, good food and drink, a few friends, dogs, the theatre, long walks, music and free conversation.

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.

You will have Time, that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it.

In a small cathedral town where changes are few, there are always people who remember who used to live in a particular house, what happened to them there and afterwards, and so on.

Is there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it not be better if more people were slackers?