Quotes About Rest

Heaven's work never ceases, and men should never rest from doing good. The

God saw that a Sabbath was essential for man, even in Paradise. He needed to lay aside his own interests and pursuits for one day of the seven, that he might more fully contemplate the works of God and meditate upon his power and goodness. He needed a Sabbath to remind him more vividly of God and to awaken gratitude because all that he enjoyed and possessed came from the beneficent hand of the Creator.

The Sabbath, especially, was given for the benefit of man and for the honor of God. --Story of Redemption, pg. 141

Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.

Oh, for the pure oblivion of sleep! In those vast waters I would sink me deep Beyond where both desire and dream lie dead, And passion and despair forget to weep.

Freedom is a bird of many feathers; It may let one flutter down sometimes in the kitchengardens of the world, But the bird rests not upon any branch that grows near the ground.

Hold me closer tiny dancer, count the headlights on the highway. Lay me down in sheets of linen, you had a busy day today.

We don't have to try to justify ourselves anymore. We don't have to try to make Him smile. He is already smiling.

In all the edifices of thought, I have found no category on which to rest my head. Whereas Chaos—there's a pillow!

Characteristic of sickness to stay awake when everything sleeps, when everything is at rest, even the sick man.

Ce idee la NuÅ£u s?-ÅŸi cumpere televizor! Asta e iadul. Alt sfat: nu citi în pat. Eu m-am obiÅŸnuit s? fac o plimbare în fiecare sear?, cu un ceas înainte de culcare. In sfîrÅŸit: ia cît mai puÅ£ine somnifere. Eu am abuzat de ele la tinereÅ£e ÅŸi ?sta a fost dezastrul vieÅ£ii mele.

Dans les époques de stérilité, on devrait hiberner, dormir jour et nuit pour conserver ses forces, au lieu de les dépenser en mortifications et en rages.

I draw the curtains, and I wait. Actually, I am not waiting for anything, I am merely making myself absent. Scoured, if only for a few minutes, of the impurities which dim and clog the mind, I accede to a state of consciousness from which the self is evacuated, And I am as soothed as if I were resting outside the universe.

7 oct. Duminic? la È›ar?. S? te întinzi È™i s? miroÈ™i p?mântul. Numai pe el poÈ›i conta. Oboselile noastre îl cheam?. ?i în timp ce-l simÈ›eam atât de aproape, m? gândeam c? nu e chiar aÈ™a sinistru s? te dizolvi în el. Într-adev?r, oboselile noastre îl cheam? È™i-l reabiliteaz?.

Let grief distract the sufferer's breast, And night obscure his way; They hasten him to endless rest, And everlasting day.

The thirst of the soul was to be satisfied, the deep torture of the spirit to have rest.

Ain't no such thing as a little fault or a big fault. Satan get his foot in the door, he ain't going to rest till he's in the room.

Había sido un día agotador. Pero llorar me había aliviado mucho y pronto me vistió un sueño apacible.

If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.

I've never really understood why people sleep. Wasting a third of your life and becoming vulnerable for almost 8 hours every night. Doesn't seem very appealing to me.

When you get tired, learn to rest, not quit.

sleeping sprawled out on the bed

Sabbath was not a burden for him, any more than it was a private day off that he could take or leave. Sabbath was who he was . It was his stake in the ongoing life of his community, the one set day each week when he entered into communion with God and his neighbor.

Stop for one whole day every week, and you will remember what it means to be created in the image of God, who rested on the seventh day not from weariness but from complete freedom. The clear promise is that those who rest like God find themselves free like God, no longer slaves to the thousand compulsions that send others rushing toward their graves.