"<p>There are two types of laziness: horizontal and vertical. There is the man who is lazy only in the long view of his life; in his plans; in postponing his resolutions, his decisions; in building up his life's work lazily, building everything into time, into the great distance. And then there is the other, vertical laziness when we remain lazy before the moment when we do not think, say or do what could be done at that moment. We don't reach out for something we could get, without much effort, and later perhaps only at great sacrifice, we don't pick up the phone, write that letter, or jot down that thought, right then, in that moment. It's the latter kind of laziness that is most dangerous. Life depends on such missed, lazily neglected moments.</p>"