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Quotes About Rest

A light tip of the scales can put old bones to rest.
~ Sophocles
Sleeping is the height of genius
~ Soren Kierkegaard
Where I will find peace other than in oblivion?
~ Sorin Cerin
Life for the living, and rest for the dead!
~ George Arnold
Taking a digital holiday is a great way to start bringing balance back into your life.
~ Ian K. Smith
Her suffering ended with the day, Yet lived she at its close, And breathed the long, long night away In statue-like repose.
~ James Aldrich
Yet there are some resting-places, / Life's untroubled interludes; / Times when neither past nor future / On the soul's deep calm intrudes.
~ Jean Ingelow
Sleep - the most beautiful experience in life - except drink.
~ W. C. Fields
Do something completely unrelated to your goals, and feel good about it. We all need rest, recreation, and a reminder that there is more to life than pursuing our goals.
~ Dembe Michael
Your brain needs plenty of rest to function at it's optimal level. Go to sleep!
~ Lalah Delia
You do not have to run with out a sigh, sometimes you gotta stay and have a break when you breath and admire the beauty of the journey.
~ Mahrukh
I find rest for my soul in arms of the Saviour.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Worldly life (sansar) means to get tired and to rest.
~ Dada Bhagwan
God will fight your battles if you just keep still. He is able to carry you through. Trust Him. Keep standing, keep believing and keep hoping.
~ Germany Kent
I like to be lazy. I do like to be busy and really active, but when that's done, you can be sure I will be a lazy boy. I like to take time and relax and enjoy life.
~ Olivier Theyskens
How gladly would I meet mortality, my sentence, and be earth in sensible! how glad would lay me down, as in my mother's lap! There I should rest, and sleep secure.
~ John Milton
Calm of mind, all passion spent.
~ John Milton
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peaceAnd rest can never dwell, hope never comesThat comes to all.
~ John Milton
The world was all before them, where to chooseTheir place of rest, and Providence their guide:They hand in hand with wand'ring steps and slowThrough Eden took their solitary way.
~ John Milton
His sleepWas airy light from pure digestion bred.
~ John Milton
No war, or battle's soundWas heard the world around.The idle spear and shield were high up hung.
~ John Milton
My race of glory run, and race of shame,And I shall shortly be with them at rest.
~ John Milton
I didn't want to die, but I wanted to take my brain out of my head for a while.
~ John Moe
think of self-acceptance in terms of "permission." So, for example, "accepting the need to rest" might become "giving myself permission to rest." In whatever way you look at it, self-acceptance or permission means you honestly acknowledge reality. It also means putting down the stick that we've been using to beat ourselves. In this way, the pain lessens and our capacity to act is enhanced.
~ John Niland