A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then...
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Leo Tolstoy
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.
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John Lubbock
Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy of work well done that...
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Elisabeth Elliot
Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life's business.
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Julian Barnes
Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest.
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More Quotes By Henrik Ibsen
You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
To live is to war with trolls.
A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.
I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life
