We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.

If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul.

If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul.

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy.

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that read more

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace

Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life.

Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life.

The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task read more

The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.

They talk of the dignity of work. Bosh. The dignity is in leisure.

They talk of the dignity of work. Bosh. The dignity is in leisure.

Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.

Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.

Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let read more

Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds rest on a rosebud, a child at play, a Divine mystery, or a waterfall.