It's easy to feel happy when things are going your way. The trick is to remain inspired in difficult situations. That's where life stops being a game of chance and becomes one of skill. That's when, if you can stay serene in the face of adversity, you get back on track in half the time it might otherwise take.

Passion is essential for a meaningful existence. Life is about what you feel.

In the absence of certainty, instinct is all you can follow.

What distinguishes a human being from a computer? The ability to add up numbers? The ability to understand language? The ability to be logical? It is, of course, none of the above. It is the ability to play. Computers cannot have fun. They cannot fantasize. They cannot dream, they cannot experience emotion or summon intuition. These rare, precious qualities come naturally to every child on this earth yet they tend to be seen, by well meaning adults, as faults, foibles and failings. In pushing tiny toddlers to 'perform', we rob them of the ability to imagine.

If life on Planet Earth was really supposed to be a picnic, we would all have been born clutching gingham tablecloths.

They say you should know your limits and work within them. But how can you really know your limits unless you try to expand them?

Our brains are not capable of comprehending the infinite so, instead, we ignore it and eat cheese on toast.