Tom Hodgkinson Quotes

The way to stop feeling guilty is to read stuff - I'm not saying my book, but works by Bertrand Russell or Oscar Wilde, people who weren't losers but who didn't believe in the work ethic, and argued this thing about guilt or wrote philosophy about idleness.

Laziness works. And the simple way to incorporate its health benefits into your life is simply to take a nap.

In both word and deed, one of the greatest idlers of all time was John Lennon. In his songs we see repeated defences of simply lying around doing nothing.

I think it's good to look at how people lived before, and then take the best bits of that culture and try to mix it in with your own.

Being good to people is the only insurance policy you need.