“We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand.”

“There is a case and a strong case for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us.”

“I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.”

“Future warns us through current symptoms in nature.”

“Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future - and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with ...”