“The best way to do something is to do it without thought. That’s real concentration.”

“Since politicians and bureaucrats can rarely sign real contracts, the best way to prove you'll do something later is to do it now”

“Do whatever you have to do that’s right in front you. Let everything else go. That’s concentration.”

“They were always doing something. Quietly, without interruption, and with great concentration, they carried on with the hundred-and-one small things that made up their world.”

“That was courage, Keller thought. Not doing something without being afraid, but doing something even though you were afraid.”

“It’s just human nature – isn’t it? – to be more attracted to something that’s taboo. If someone tells you not to smoke, you wanna smoke. If they say, ‘Don’t do drugs,’ you wanna do drugs. That’s why I’ve always thought that the best way to stop people taking drugs is to legalise the f**king things. It would take people about five seconds to realise that being an addict is a terribly unattractive and pathetic way to be, whereas at the moment it still has that kind of rebel cool vibe to it, y’know?”