#leisure

I have no profession. It is another example of my decadence. My attitude - quite an indefensible one - is that so long as I am no trouble to any one I have a right to do as I like. I know I ought to be getting money out of people, or devoting myself to things I don’t care a straw about, but somehow, I’ve not been able to begin.” “You are quite fortunate, it is quite a wonderful opportunity, the possession of leisure. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#money #motivation #occupations #attitude

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and... I believe in miracles. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#another day #believe #day #happy #i

Leisure is the Mother of Philosophy. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#mother #philosophy

How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue. ↗

— Natalie Clifford Barney

#how #inner #leisure #life #many

Do not mistake a crowd of big wage-earners for the leisure class. ↗

— Clive Bell

#class #crowd #leisure #mistake #wage-earners

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure. ↗

— William Congreve

#haste #heels #leisure #married #pleasure

The end of labor is to gain leisure. ↗

— Aristotle

#gain #labor #leisure

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

— Francine Jay

#minimalism #productivity #inspirational

A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague feeling that he would be dangerous if he had leisure. And educated people, who should be on his side, acquiesce in the process, because they know nothing about him and consequently are afraid of him. ↗

— George Orwell

#down-and-out-in-paris-and-london #education #fear #george-orwell #hierarchy

Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#arduous #form #friendship #leisure #taxing