Culture, as I understand it, is essentially a product of leisure. The art of culture is therefore essentially the art of loafing.
A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon from one to five ruined for him already.
I find that those people who agree with me in believing in lying in bed as one of the greatest pleasures of life are the honest men, while those who do not believe in lying in bed are liars and actually lie a lot in the daytime, morally and physically.
Henry David Thoreau·1854Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.
Thomas Carlyle·1836Do the duty which lies nearest thee, which thou knowest to be a duty! Thy second duty will already have become clearer.
Bruce Lee·1970It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away the unessential.
