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Quote by William Cowper
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind d

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. – William Cowper

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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm. – William Cowper

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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. – William Cowper

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He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities. – Benjamin Franklin

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Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life. – S. W. Duffield

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He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. – Bible

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You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there. – Natalie Portman

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It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Meditation is simplicity itself. One is to just let go, nothing special is supposed to happen. – Author Unknown

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America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered. – Louis D. Brandeis

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