I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is ...”
“If their work is satisfying people don't need leisure in the old-fashioned sense. No one ever asks what Newton or Darwin did to relax, or how Bach spent his weekends. At Eden-Olympia work is the ul...”
“To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and which is worseI know not, but I know that both are ill.”
“I never speak in silence.”
“Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.”
“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
“Of all the rabbinic sages of antiquity, perhaps none was more influential or famous than Rabbi Akiva.”