Fast isn't turning us into Masters of the Universe, It's turning us into Cheech and Chong.

The great benefit of slowing down is reclaiming the time and tranquility to make meaningful connections--with people, with culture, with work, with nature, with our own bodies and minds

By slowing down at the right moments, people find that they do everything better: They eat better; they make love better; they exercise better; they work better; they live better.

I love all this stuff. I look at all the gadgets that come out and I think, ‘Oh, this fix works for me. But the rest don’t.’ I’m not genuflecting in front of the God of Newness.

The time has come to challenge our obsession with doing everything more quickly.

Much better to do fewer things and have time to make the most of them.

I could be working 300 hours a week. I just say no. The power of slow is the power of no. I can’t go to every party I get invited to. I can’t do every work thing.

I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.

Aficionados of Slow design and Slow fashion use ethical and green materials to make objects - furniture, clothes, jewellery - that lift the spirit and last a lifetime rather than one catwalk season.

If there was a mobility service that's cheaper than owning a car, more reliable, and you get to sit in the back seat instead of being stressed out in the front seat, why would you own a car?

You must have the courage to face what happened today and to live with it in your heart and to use the memory of it to grow and be strong.

You know you're in a bad movie when the Catholic clergy is being played by Jews.

You're surprised by something, but you don't really know what surprised you; you recognize someone, but you don't really know what cues cause you to recognize that person.

Dense overgrown forests and rangelands have grown like a cancer. They need to be treated.

Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear; And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.

More important than a work of art itself is what it will sow. Art can die, a painting can disappear. What counts is the seed.

For better or worse, I've been involved in the description of political conflict.

He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides.

My education was interrupted only by my schooling.