“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.”
"A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work."
- John Lubbock
Awareness
"Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems to be trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has."
- John Lubbock
Awareness
"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, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time."
- John Lubbock
Balance
"Rest is not idleness... and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day... is by no means a waste of time."
- John Lubbock
Balance
"Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin."
- John Lubbock
Happiness
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
- Epictetus
Contentment
"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday."
- A. A. Milne
Contentment
"Small is not just a stepping stone. Small is a great destination itself."
- Jason Fried
Contentment
"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing."
Contentment
"As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried after a good long life."
Contentment