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Quotes About Relaxation

Excuse me, I must go and putt
~ P.G. Wodehouse
Lord Emsworth belonged to the people-who-like-to-be-left-alone- to-amuse-themselves-when-they-come-to-a-place school of hosts.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
Then they appeared to ooze off, for all became quiet save for the lapping of the waves on the shore. And, by Jove, so sedulously did these waves lap that gradually a drowsiness crept over me and not ten minutes after I had made up my mind that I should never get to sleep again in this world I was off as comfortably as a babe or suckling.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
He put the good old cup of tea softly on the table by my bed, and I took a refreshing sip. Just right, as usual. Not too hot, not too sweet, not too weak
~ P.G. Wodehouse
After all, what could be pleasanter than a little literature in the small hours?
~ P.G. Wodehouse
There are few things more restful than to watch some one else busy under a warm sun.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
People forget that the price of luxury is an ever-increasing expenditure of nerve and brain energy, and the consequent shortening of their natural life span. Materialists become so engrossed in the task of making money that they can't relax enough to enjoy their comforts even after they've aquired them.
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
I loved these salt rivers more than I loved the sea; I loved the movement of tides more than I loved the fury of surf. Something in me was congruent with this land, something affirmed when I witnessed the startled, piping rush of shrimp or the flash of starlight on the scales of mullet. I could feel myself relax and change whenever I returned to the lowcountry and saw the vast green expanses of marsh, feminine as lace, delicate as calligraphy. The lowcountry had its own special ache and sting.
~ Pat Conroy
On its own, my spirit seemed to relax, like a folding chair let out by a pool.
~ Pat Conroy
I like to drink when I travel. It enhances things, don't you think?
~ Patricia Highsmith
I shall want heaps and heaps of tea. The blow has driven me to drink.
~ Patricia Wentworth
And if you, Miss Hilary, could blow up that fire and put on a kettle, we will make her a nice cup of tea. In fact I think we all should all be the better of a nice cup of tea.
~ Patricia Wentworth
Dr Edmund Jacobson of the University of Chicago has gone so far as to say that if you can completely relax the muscles of the eyes, you can forget all your troubles!
~ Dale Carnegie
Relaxamento e Recreação As forças mais relaxantes e revigorantes são uma religião saudável, sono, música e riso. Tenha fé em Deus – Aprenda a dormir bem – Ame boa música – Veja o lado engraçado da vida – E a saúde e a felicidade estarão com você.
~ Dale Carnegie
The Sabbath is a party, and what is a good party without a drinking song? Almost all the early John Wesley hymns were sung to what at the time was wild pub music.
~ Dan B. Allender
Breathe through your eyes," she said. "I'm sorry?" "It relaxes the muscles. It's called pranayama.
~ Dan Brown
Yet acting without understanding may create even more problems. Sometimes you need to simply relax into life, and to trust.
~ Dan Millman
He wished he were home in Charleston, listening to the Dave Brubeck Quartet on the stereo and reading Bruce Catton.
~ Dan Simmons
tourists smelling of UV lotion and cannabis.
~ Dan Simmons
A man that coveted a retreat in this world might as agreeably spend his time... in Dorchester as in any town I know in England.
~ Daniel Defoe
Lessening the grip of the self, always a major goal of meditation practitioners, has been oddly ignored by meditation researchers, who perhaps understandably focus instead on more popular benefits like relaxation and better health.
~ Daniel Goleman
Practice mindfulness of breathing, which has proven benefits for both for sustaining attention and for the circuitry that calms us down. This combination of calm and concentration creates an optimal inner state for focus and learning.
~ Daniel Goleman
El afecto actúa como antídoto del miedo. «Si me demuestras un afecto genuino –señaló el Dalai Lama–, entonces y automáticamente siento que esa persona está siendo muy amable conmigo, y por eso confío en ella. Si no tienes miedo, te relajas, te sientes seguro».
~ Daniel Goleman
Love, tender feelings, and sexual satisfaction entail parasympathetic arousal, the physiological opposite of the fight-or-flight mobilization shared by fear and anger. The parasympathetic pattern, dubbed the relaxation response, is a body wide set of reactions that generates a general state of calm and contentment, facilitating cooperation.
~ Daniel Goleman