Rest, Leisure

When a habit begins to cost money, its called a hobby. – Yiddish Proverb

He has hard work who has nothing to do. – Proverb

How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward. – Proverb

Rest breeds rust. – Proverb

Rest, rest, shall I have not all eternity to rest. – Antoine Arnauld

It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population, that is to say, its laborers, will have almost as much leisure as in earlier times was enjoyed by the aristocracy. When one recalls how aristocracies in the past actually behaved, the prospect is not cheerful. – W. H. Auden

How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue – Natalie Clifford Barney

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

Leisure is the exultation of the possible. – Martin Buber

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

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

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare? – William H. Davies

Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen. – Leonardo DaVinci

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

If you have no problems at your job you dont have a job youve got a hobby. – Ronald Dunn

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

If we dont come apart; we will come apart. – Vance Havner

If you rest, you rust. – Helen Hayes

The busier we are the more leisure we have. – William Hazlitt