Bertrand Russell was one of the unique and well-known philosophers in our time. His wisdom touches many lives and hearts. I remember that he once wrote an essay called In Praise of Idleness, wherein he said that we often forget the simple pleasure of writing a poem or doing crosswords in the paper, or reading someone's memoirs, if it's interesting enough. (The recollections of a business software engineer wouldn't count – boring!) In modern life, we too often are caught up in work and forget to take time to do nothing.