leisure

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between her work and her play; her labor and her leisure; her mind and her body; her education and her recreation. She hardly knows which is which. She simply pursues her vision of excellence through whatever she is doing, and leaves others to determine if she is working or playing. To herself, she always appears to be doing both.

I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.

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

I had a very happy childhood, but I still used my imagination as a leisure resort.

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay.

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

Since chess was such a painful test of intellect, it affected his emotions too much to be sport.

Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.

The question isn't at what age I want to retire it's at what income.

It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man.

Old age is when you know all the answers but nobody asks you the questions.

Since our boss will be retiring soon it's been suggested that we give him a little momentum.

Retirement must be wonderful. I mean you can suck in your stomach for only so long.

When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance his colleagues generally present him with a watch.

Our boss has been so successful he deserves to retire so that he can spend more time . . . with his servants.