I would like to propose slow cycling. Commute by bike. At a stroke, you remove the need for and absurd cost of public transport. Cycling is almost completely free. There is no longer any need for the gym as you get fit by cycling. And you can go at your own pace.

Labour-saving devices just make us try to cram more pointless activities into each day, rather than doing the important thing, which is to enjoy our life.

I count it as a certainty that in paradise, everyone naps.

Our dreams take us into other worlds, alternative realities that help us make sense of day-to-day realities.

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

The idea of a government is to create an ordered, willing work force where there's no trouble. I think idlers are generally seen as potentially dangerous because they're asking questions.

The 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.