The art of living is the art of bringing dreams and reality together.

- Tom Hodgkinson

The accusation 'unprofessional' means 'You did not behave like a machine today.

- Tom Hodgkinson

In the West, we have become addicted to work. Americans now work the longest hours in the world. And the result is not health, wealth and wisdom, but…

- Tom Hodgkinson

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…

- Tom Hodgkinson

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

- Tom Hodgkinson

All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life.

- Tom Hodgkinson

Beauty, pleasure, freedom and plenty of sleep: these are the hallmarks of a successful idler's break. Travel should not be hard work.

- Tom Hodgkinson

We bore ourselves in order to earn money that we'll later spend on trying to de-bore ourselves

- Tom Hodgkinson

Little things like making clothes, baking bread, cooking, even useless things like bird-watching, sketching flowers, playing guitar in the home - tha…

- Tom Hodgkinson