It does not seem to be true that work necessarily needs to be unpleasant. It may always have to be hard, or at least harder than doing nothing at all. But there is ample evidence that work can be enjoyable, and that indeed, it is often the most enjoyable part of life.

But shortcuts are dangerous; we cannot delude ourselves that our knowledge is further along than it actually is.

The task is to learn how to enjoy everyday life without diminishing other people's chances to enjoy theirs.

For better or worse, our future is now closely tied to human creativity.

For original ideas to come about, you have to let them percolate under the level of consciousness in a place where we have no way to make them obey our own desires or our own direction. Their random combinations are driven by forces we don't know about.

But it is impossible to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity.

Participate as fully as possibly in the world around you.