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

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