Leisure Quotations | Page 4

Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!

Now it is time to sit quiet, face to face with thee, and to sing dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure.

It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.

The greatest part of what we say and do is really unnecessary. If a man takes this to heart, he will have more leisure and less uneasiness.

Why should any of these things that happen externally distract thee? Give thyself leisure to learn some good thing: cease roving to and fro.

Neither in thy actions be sluggish nor in thy conversation without method, nor wandering in thy thoughts, nor let there be in thy soul inward contention nor external effusion, nor in life be so busy as to have no leisure.

There is no leisure about politics.

The true contemplative is one who has discovered the art of finding leisure even in the midst of his work, by working with such a spirit of detachment and recollection that even his work is a prayer

Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution.

No man is obliged to do as much as he can do. A man is to have part of his life to himself.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure.

Sit loosely in the saddle.

Good-humor is a state between gayety and unconcern,--the act or emanation of a mind at leisure to regard the gratification of another.

John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.

The poor and the busy have no leisure for sentimental sorrow.

The tired parts of the mind can be rested and strengthened not merely by rest, but by using other parts.

I have consistently urged my friends to abstain from reading it.

I feel devoutly thankful to have been born fond of writing.

Just to paint is great fun ... Try it if you have not done so - before you die.

A day away from Chartwell is a day wasted.

Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.

[My ideal of a good dinner] is to discuss good food, and, after this good food has been discussed, to discuss a good topic - with myself the chief conversationalist.

Hess or no Hess, I'm going to watch the Marx Brothers.

Wealth, taste and leisure can bring many things but they do not bring happiness.