#leisure

The end of labor is to gain leisure. ↗

— Aristotle

#gain #labor #leisure

Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time is diminished, so earning a higher income at the cost of working longer hours may reduce the quality of your life. More importantly, the fact that the citizens of a country work longer than others in comparable countries does not necessarily mean that they like working longer hours. They may be compelled to work long hours, even if they actually want to take longer holidays. ↗

— Ha-Joon Chang

#leisure #quality-of-life #time #work #change

My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do. ↗

— Francine Jay

#minimalism #productivity #inspirational

For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains. ↗

— Katharine Anthony

#domestic #earn #earning #hours #increased

If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy - and without consciousness. ↗

— Gunther Grass

#age #busy #busyness #coincide #come

If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure. ↗

— Steve Earle

#leisure #passes #such #thing #workaholic

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast. ↗

— John Gunther

#depends #happiness #leisurely

A day unemployed is like a bagel- even when it's bad, it's still pretty good... ↗

— CrimethInc.

#inspirational #leisure #life #unemployment #wisdom

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#company #conversation #decide #development #good

My wish simply is to live my life as fully as I can. In both our work and our leisure, I think, we should be so employed. And in our time this means that we must save ourselves from the products that we are asked to buy in order, ultimately, to replace ourselves. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#identity #leisure #technology #work #art