Quotes about Relaxation
We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
For many years, I read mystery novels for relaxation. But my tastes were too narrow - and, having read all of Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr, I discovered that the implausibility and the thinness of the people distracted me unduly from the plot.
- John Updike
Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.
- Alice Walker
Relax. No one else knows what they're doing either.
- Ricky Gervais
The key to enjoying the moment is to always carry a list of "Things I Gotta Do That Can Wait."
- Robert Brault
A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts.
- Abraham Lincoln
Relax, you're on a journey of discovery. Let life reveal itself to you.
- Melody Beattie
It was strange how easy being tired enough made it.
- Ernest Hemingway
I sat back in the corner with a heavy mug of dark beer and an opened glazed-paper package of pretzels and ate the pretzels for the salty flavor and the good way they made the beer taste and read about disaster.
- Ernest Hemingway
It was hot, but the town had a cool, fresh, early-morning smell and it was pleasant sitting in the café.
- Ernest Hemingway
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.
- Etty Hillesum