Edited By Nicholas Albery & Stephanie Wienrich

"The distilled life-wisdom of 366 people - their advice about how to make your life richer and more fulfilled." - Brian Eno

"If you love something set it free. If it comes back to you, it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was."
- Alison Willcocks

"Don't waste the best hours of the day doing the washing up ... Now my house is less tidy, but I have written four novels."
- Esther Freud

"Always make your toast before you scramble the eggs ... Life management, like cooking and acting, is all a matter of timing."
- Sir Ian McKellen

"Learn to loaf ... The faster the pace of life, the more you need to make time to meander, drift and do things that have no point or product."
- Guy Claxton

"Every morning put on your Rhino suit, zip it up nice and tight all the way to the top - and charge! The Rhino suit is perfect for deflecting the tranquilliser darts of people who might wish to divert you from your purpose in life."
- Vadim Jean