Quotes About Relaxation

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.

The breath breathes itself. If it was up to us to remember to breathe, we'd have forgotten long ago. So tuning into the breath can be an important antidote to the natural tendency toward believing that we have to be in control.

Beer, if drunk in moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health." Jefferson

And yet it was hard for him to recall the last time he had enjoyed a long string of days of simple, mindless physical well-being.

Don't stand when you can sit; don't sit when you can lie down.

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Far off was the gentle roar of the sea, a constant lullaby. Except,

side. The woman gently patted his neck, sat down on his side and then stretched out. She folded her arms and closed her eyes. The horse closed his eyes as well and they both looked

Like a modern counterpart of a tightly-corseted Victorian, she needed to unbutton herself, learn the act of relaxation.

An open and unguarded heart is the natural result of relaxing into trust.

I like playing my guitar when I expect nothing from it.

Pleasure is sweeter as recreation than as a business.

Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of doors, played by someone I do not know. I admire lolling on a lawn by a water-lilied pond to eat white currants and see goldfish: and go to the fair in the evening if I'm good. There is not hope for that --one is sure to get into some mess before evening.

A day out-of-doors, someone I loved to talk with, a good book and some simple food and music -- that would be rest.

Of course I don't always enjoy being a mother. At those times my husband and I hole up somewhere in the wine country, eat, drink, make mad love and pretend we were born sterile and raise poodles

For many game players, games exist for entertainment, for passing the time, for fun. They are a diversionary activity, meant for relaxation or distraction—a "not- work" space where players are free to engage in fantasy narratives, amazing feats, and rewarding tasks. But what if certain games have become something more?

Make the rocking chair a haven, a place to concentrate totally on each other and on the developing bond.

I'm purely a popular writer, with no axe to grind apart from writing a good read' for entertainment and relaxation.

Though working in the kitchen is soothing, I'm glad I don't have to cook all the time. Then it would be work.

Lie back and enjoy, Clarissima. Last night was a synopsis. Now it's time for the unabridged version.

The way I see it, being dead is not terribly far off from being on a cruise ship. Most of your time is spent lying on your back. The brain has shut down. The flesh begins to soften. Nothing much new happens, and nothing is expected of you.

Nowadays, people resort to all kinds of activities in order to calm themselves after a stressful event: performing yoga poses in a sauna, leaping off bridges while tied to a bungee, killing imaginary zombies with imaginary weapons, and so forth. But in Miss Penelope Lumley's day, it was universally understood that there is nothing like a nice cup of tea to settle one's nerves in the aftermath of an adventure- a practice many would find well worth reviving.

great plot twists of life will arrange themselves as they see fit, regardless of how much fretting and planning one does in advance. This is not cause for alarm. Quite the opposite; it is a comforting reminder that worrying serves little purpose. Worse, it takes up valuable time that could be better spent reading novels, taking walks in a shaded park, having friends over for tea and biscuits, and any number of equally pleasant pursuits.

Agatha Swanburn - "A journey of a thousand miles is best spent napping.