Quotes by Leisure Idleness is righteous if it is comfortable. Uncomfortable idleness is sin & sinful waste. Sylvia Townsend Warner leisure waste sin There is no leisure about politics. Thomas Aquinas leisure Leisure is the mother of philosophy; and commonwealth, the mother of peace and leisure. Thomas Hobbes leisure mother philosophy Leisure can be one of the Mothers of Philosophy. Thomas Hobbes leisure mother philosophy The true contemplative is one who has discovered the art of finding leisure even in the midst of his work, by working with such a spirit of detachment and recollection that even his work is a prayer Thomas Merton leisure prayer art Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. Thorstein Veblen leisure gentleman mean The institution of a leisure class has emerged gradually during the transition from primitive savagery to barbarism; or more precisely, during the transition from a peaceable to a consistently warlike habit of life. Thorstein Veblen leisure transition class We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom. Toni Morrison leisure passion violence Have a time and place for everything, and do everything in its time and place, and you will not only accomplish more, but have far more leisure than those who are always hurrying. Tryon Edwards leisure accomplish organized Love can't flourish in a "society" based on money and meaningless work, but rather requires complete economic, as well as personal, freedom, leisure time and the opportunity to engage in intensely absorbing, emotionally satisfying activities which, when shared with those you respect, lead to deep friendship, but which our "society" provides practically no opportunity to engage in. Valerie Solanas leisure our-society opportunity If we don't come apart; we will come apart. Vance Havner leisure laziness ifs What being at leisure means is more easily felt than defined. Vernon Lee leisure defined mean To rove about, musing, that is to say loitering, is, for a philosopher, a good way of spending time. Victor Hugo leisure philosopher way Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure. W. Somerset Maugham leisure want life Marry in haste, repent at leisure. Walter Scott repent leisure haste Some by experience find those words mis-placed: At leisure married, they repent in haste. William Congreve leisure haste experience The soul is dyed by the color of its leisure hours. William Ralph Inge leisure color soul [My ideal of a good dinner] is to discuss good food, and, after this good food has been discussed, to discuss a good topic - with myself the chief conversationalist. Winston Churchill topics leisure dinner Hess or no Hess, I'm going to watch the Marx Brothers. Winston Churchill leisure brother watches Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library. Winston Churchill library leisure men «23456789101112»