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“A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything”
— Irish Proverb
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, is by no means a waste of time.”
— John Lubbock
“Sleep is the best meditation.”
— Unknown
“True silence is the rest of the mind and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body. It brings nourishment and peace.”
— William Penn
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes including you”
— Anne Lamott
“If you want a place to rest Cold Mountain is good white clouds settle on the rocky peaks”
— Han Shan
“Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”
— Francis Bacon
“Resting is also part of growth.”
— Anonymous
“When things fall apart and the ground gives way beneath us we can learn to rest in groundlessness and find healing there”
— Pema Chodron
— Dalai Lama
“Rest is a radical act of healing in a world that profits from your exhaustion”
— Thema Bryant
“Rest in natural great peace this exhausted mind beaten helpless by karma and neurotic thought”
— Patrul Rinpoche
“Activity and rest are the two great healers and knowing when to use each is the art of healing”
— Melody Beattie
“If you want a place to rest cold Mountain is good”
“Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The net of the sleeper catches fish.”
“Do not be ashamed to rest. Even the fields lie fallow.”
— Wendell Berry
“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone.”
— Lin Yutang
“Sleep, rest of things, O pleasing deity, peace of the soul, which cares dost crucify, weary bodies refresh and mollify.”
— Ovid
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.”
“Don't stop. It's okay to take a break.”
“The peace of wild things comes to me when I lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water.”
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.”
— Victor Hugo
“Leisure is the mother of philosophy.”
— Thomas Hobbes
“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.”
— Etty Hillesum
“In the rush to accomplish we often forget to take time to simply rest and be grateful for what we have”
— Wayne Muller
“Almost everything works again if you unplug it for a few minutes including you”
— Teresa of Avila
“There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”
— Homer
“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.”
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”
— Epictetus
“The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.”
— Publilius Syrus
“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”
— Jane Austen
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