Quotes About Rest

Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us.

In diesem Moment begriff er, daß niemand den Verstand benutzen wollte. Menschen wollten Ruhe. Sie wollten essen und schlafen, und sie wollten, daß man nett zu ihnen war. Denken wollten sie nicht.

Bonpland gli chiese quando mai dormisse. Se posso evitarlo, rispose Humboldt, mai.

Do not fear for me for I am in a far better place. Although turmoil may brew all around you, you will find comfort, and rest. Fear not.

Silenzio. O i bei silenzi delle nostre notti sveglie.. Quante placide insonnie ci siamo goduti, tua madre e io, da quando ci conosciamo. Il sonno è una separazione.

Un bel sonno dal respiro regolare. No, no, non svegliatelo, non c'è niente di meglio di una bella dormita dopo una ninnananna, anzi, è il primo piacere nell'ordine della lettura.

La première qualité d'un professeur, c'est le sommeil. Le bon professeur est celui qui se couche tôt

Water benefits all living things without taking credit for doing so. Indeed, after bestowing its life-giving benefits to field and stream, man and beast, water is perfectly content to puddle up and rest in the lowest, darkest places on earth. It falls as rain from the heavens and, when its work is done, it flows down into the deepest recesses of the earth. p7

Ree needed often to inject herself with pleasant sounds, stab those sounds past the constant screeching, squalling hubbub regular life raised inside her spirit, poke the soothing sounds past that racket and down deep where her jittering soul paced on a stone slab in a gray room, agitated and endlessly provoked but yearning to hear something that might bring a moment's rest.

I slept for over a full day, as you know, but I won't say I rested.

Grunt work is my main calling, but I like to be dead when I do it.

If I'm on location on some island, we usually get up at four in the morning to set up. By seven thirty, we're on the beach working until noon, then we rest. It's not exactly a vacation.

Werner Herzog: "My steps are resolute. And now the Earth shakes. When I walk, a buffalo walks. When I rest, a mountain rests." This is echoed by Zen master D?gen, "If you doubt mountains walking you don't know your own walking.

May the raindrops fall lightly on your brow May the soft winds freshen your spirit May the sunshine brighten your heart May the burdens of the day rest lightly upon you And may God enfold you in the mantle of His love.

The rush of adrenaline I used to get when someone told me I could stay up past my bedtime has since been replaced with the wave of euphoria I feel whenever I realize I can go to sleep before 9:00 p.m.

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.

Everyone confusedly conceives of a good in which the mind may be at rest, and desires it; wherefore everyone strives to attain to it.

Il sonno è una piccola morte

We can't help but feel brokenhearted for the trials so many have to endure. But we can rest assured God will save His beloved—and He will call the wicked to account.

Given time, a cold will cure itself.

Reading... a vacation for the mind....

Now he seemed to be stranded for the rest of his life on a world unknown, more exotic than anywhere Haggard ever Rode or Rudyard ever Kipled.

Every pro ball team on the planet has "lights out" by at least 10 or 11 o'clock the night before a game.

Praying in tongues is a priceless gift that God has given us so we can feel rested and refreshed right in the middle of a very imperfect world! Jesus