Quotes About Rest

Joy, temperance, and repose, slam the door on the doctor's nose.

Awake! arise! the hour is late! Angels are knocking at thy door! They are in haste and cannot wait, And once departed come no more. Awake! arise! the athlete's arm Loses its strength by too much rest; The fallow land, the untilled farm Produces only weeds at best.

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.

STILL stands the forest primeval; but far away from its shadow,   Side by side, in their nameless graves, the lovers are sleeping.

Tis the center to which all gravitates. One finds no rest elswhere than here. There may be other cities that please us for a while, but Rome alone completely satisfies. It becomes to all a second native land by predilection, and not by accident of birth alone.

Toiling,—rejoicing,—sorrowing,   Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin,   Each evening sees it close Something attempted, something done,   Has earned a night's repose.

Ah, how skilful grows the hand That obeyeth Love's command! It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain, And he who followeth Love's behest Far excelleth all the rest!

So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand Leads us to rest.

Where lies the final harbor, whence we unmoor no more?

At length I fell asleep, with the volume in my hand; and never slept so sound before

If we didn't need eight hours of sleep and could survive on six, Mother Nature would have done away with 25 percent of our sleep time millions of years ago. Because when you think about it, sleep is an idiotic thing to do.

Pranayama and yoga are the most essential exercises and I make sure that I sleep sufficiently.

To help staff recharge and think better, companies are setting aside quiet places to relax, practise yoga or even take a nap. With hi-tech giants such as Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft underlining the pitfalls of being 'always on,' firms are imposing speed limits on the information superhighway.

Yoga, meditation, and unplugging the phone at night to make sure I get enough hours of sleep. That's huge for athletes.

I train five days a week hard - but it is short and sharp - 30 to 40 minutes of functional and pretty dynamic body-strength circuits, then I do a good yoga session on the sixth day, then I rest.

Savasana is the easiest and most important yoga move because it's so simple. Lying there is meditative.

When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.

I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself.

It takes a long time to drag myself out of bed, and at night I'm buzzing. As a young man it was helpful, but now I'd like to be tired when I go to bed and alive in the morning.

I've certainly had to find a balance for myself and I have to now schedule months where I say, 'OK, I'm not going to travel during this month.'

Beauty, pleasure, freedom and plenty of sleep: these are the hallmarks of a successful idler's break. Travel should not be hard work.

I was young. I was newly married. And I had worked like a dog. I just wanted to live and travel.

Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.

With all the traveling I'm doing, it's really important for me to be able to relax when I'm at home.