Life is about recapturing lost freedoms.

In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to nothing. Try everything.

In this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten.

Life is becoming no more than staring at the screen.

These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify our own selves with the jobs we do: "What do you do?" is the first question we ask each other at parties, as if a job title could express a fundamental truth about our personality.

It takes a while to master the art of hammock-lounging. At first I could only manage five minutes or so before I thought I ought to get out and go and help a child learn how to swim or something. But after observing the Mexicans' capability for staring into space for hours on end, I decided to put in some proper practice.

Pain will never leave us. Instead of putting energy into destroying pain, we need to put energy into creating pleasure.