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«The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both.»
Author: James A. Michener
| Keywords:
Art of Living, body of work, distinction, excellence, hardly, information, labor, leaving, leavings, leisure, playing, pursues, re-creation, recreation, recreations, the Master, working
«The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.»
Author: William Lyon Phelps
(Educator, Journalist, Professor)
| Keywords:
at leisure, Best interests, books, Books not, cause, company, conversation, decide, development, happiest, interesting, leisure, mental, mental picture, My picture, not only, pictured, pictures, picture book, Picture It, picturing
«The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons it makes little difference whether they are young or old; and they die as they have lived, with graceful resignation.»
Author: William Hazlitt
(Writer)
| Keywords:
graceful, leisure, repose, resignation, resignations, retirement, The Passions
«The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise»
«The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure is occupation.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
at leisure, bother, cure, curing, happy, leisure, miserable, occupation, secret, The Cure, The Secret
«The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
at leisure, avoid, leisure, miserable, wonder
«The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
at leisure, crowd, crowding, crowd out, ease, eased, eases, easing, efficient, found, halo, laborer, leisure, really, saunter, sauntered, sauntering, surrounded, task, wide, widest, working day, work day
«The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
day by day, laboring, Labor Day, leisure