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“Idleness for me is not a giving up on life but a spirited grabbing hold of it.”

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Tom Hodgkinson is a British writer born in 1968. He is known for his unique sense of humor and critical thinking about modern life. Hodgkinson's works cover a variety of topics, including personal growth, social commentary, and lifestyle. more

“Out of love for mankind, and out of despair at my embarrassing situation, seeing that I had accomplished nothing and was unable to make anything easier than it had already been made, and moved by a genuine interest in those who make everything easy, I conceived it as my task to create difficulties everywhere.”

Made Easy Interest Situation Seeing Mankind Easier Despair Tasks Difficulty Moved Genuine Accomplished Embarrassing

Author:Soren Kierkegaard

“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.”

Trying Important Enjoy Our Lives Activity Important Things Saving Each Day Labour Devices Pointless

Author:Tom Hodgkinson

“Extreme busyness is a symptom of deficient vitality, and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.”

Strong Identity Catholic Extremes Faculty Appetite Symptoms Vitality Idleness Personal Identity

Author:Robert Louis Stevenson

“A conclusion I’ve come to at the Idler is that it starts with retreating from work but it’s really about making work into something that isn’t drudgery and slavery, and then work and life can become one thing.”

One Thing Slavery Conclusion Drudgery Idlers Work And Life

Author:Tom Hodgkinson

“When you can't figure out what to do, it's time for a nap.”

Figures Rejection Naps

Author:Mason Cooley

“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.”

World Quiet Tea Contemplation Cups Of Tea

Book:The Importance of Living

Source: The Importance of Living

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

Art Dream Reality Together Maturity Idleness Art Of Living Dreams And Reality

Author:Tom Hodgkinson

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

World Helping Dream Reality Alternatives Make Sense Day To Day Our Dreams Other Worlds

Book:The Book of Idle Pleasures

Source: The Book of Idle Pleasures

“But what the working-class can do, when once they grow into a solidified organization, is to show the possessing class, through a sudden cessation of all work, that the whole social structure rests on them; that the possessions of the others are absolutely worthless to them without the workers' activity; that such protests, such strikes, are inherent in the system of property and will continually recur until the whole thing is abolished - and having shown that effectively, proceed to expropriate.”

Whole Shows Social Grows Can Do Class Activity Organization Structure Property Workers Possession Strikes Protest Inherent Working Class Worthless Possessing Social Structure

Author:Voltairine de Cleyre

“You convinced yourselves we're just a bunch of regular lads who got a bad break in life. Anything else would have cracked your dream open and made you face reality. Illusion is easy. Illusion is the loser's way out. Your way.”

Way Made Dream Reality Faces Easy Break Illusion Convinced Bunch Your Dreams Loser Cracked Lad

Book:The Reality Dysfunction

Source: The Reality Dysfunction

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