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

The exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom.

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.

When you are getting on in years (but not ill, of course), you get very sleepy at times, and the hours seem to pass like lazy cattle moving across a landscape.

Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate value of what one does.

And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles of history.

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