I've given up email. Well, almost. At the weekend I set up one of those auto-reply messages, informing my correspondents that I would no longer be checking my emails, and that instead they might like to call or write, as we used to in the olden days.
Tom HodgkinsonGuilt is also a way for us to express to others that we are a person of good conscience.
Tom HodgkinsonPain will never leave us. Instead of putting energy into destroying pain, we need to put energy into creating pleasure.
Tom HodgkinsonThe world's richest half billion people - that's about seven per cent of the global population - are responsible for fifty per cent of the world's emissions.
Tom HodgkinsonOften, the things that a lot of work has gone into have been incredibly bad because they're over-worked.
Tom HodgkinsonGuilt is also a way for us to express to others that we are a person of good conscience. 'I feel really guilty about getting drunk last night,' we say, when in actual fact we feel no guilt whatsoever or, at least, we could choose to feel no guilt. When people say to me, 'I drank too much last night,' I always reply, 'I drank exactly the right amount.
Tom Hodgkinson