Relaxation Quotes

• Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

  William S. Burroughs

  Inspirational, Crazy, Caring

  William S. Burroughs (2007). “Naked Lunch: The Restored Text”, p.180, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Funny, Witty, Time

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  The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.

  Bill Murray

  Jobs, Work, Comedian

  "With Bill Murray, Just Take the Trip". Interview with Dave Itzkoff, www.nytimes.com. November 28, 2012.

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• 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

  Appreciation, Prayer, Stress

  Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.305, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Suppose you read about a pill that you could take once a day to reduce anxiety and increase your contentment. Would you take it? Suppose further that the pill has a great variety of side effects, all of them good: increased self-esteem, empathy, and trust; it even improves memory. Suppose, finally, that the pill is all natural and costs nothing. Now would you take it? The pill exists. It is meditation.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Success, Trust, Sympathy

  Jonathan Haidt (2006). “The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom”, p.35, Basic Books

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• Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one's being.

  Donald Curtis

  Life, Letting Go, Mean

  Donald Curtis (1961). “Your thoughts can change your life”

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• Smile, breathe and go slowly.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Life, Positivity

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• Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Health, Inspire, Going Away

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• Take charge of your schedule. Make time for reflection and relaxation.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Reflection, Schedules, Making Time

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  If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

  Herodotus

  Fun, Men, Knowing

  "The Histories" by Herodotus, Book 2, Ch. 173, c. 440 BC.

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• Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.

  A. A. Milne

  Thinking, Sometimes, Calm Down

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• To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

  Jane Austen

  Nature, Flower, Perfect

  Jane Austen (1833). “Mansfield Park”, p.85

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• For fast-acting relief try slowing down.

  Lily Tomlin

  Inspirational, Breakup, Stress

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• The happiness we seek cannot be found through grasping, trying to hold on to things. It cannot be found through getting serious and uptight about wanting things to go in the direction we think will bring happiness. We are always taking hold of the wrong end of the stick. The point is that the happiness we seek is already here and it will be found through relaxation and letting go rather than through struggle.

  Pema Chodron

  Happiness, Letting Go, Struggle

  Pema Chodron (2001). “Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living”, p.115, Shambhala Publications

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  The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

  William James

  Happiness, Fear, Stress

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• The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.

  Seneca the Younger

  Mind, May, Return

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• It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Inspirational, Peace, Powerful

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• There is more to life than increasing its speed.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Education

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• A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up.

  Abraham Polonsky

  Holiday, Celebrate, Finished

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• Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.

  Robert J. Sawyer

  Peace, Clever, Path

  Robert J. Sawyer (2009). “Calculating God”, p.143, Macmillan

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  Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Inspirational, Funny, Letting Go

  FaceBook post by Natalie Goldberg from Jul 25, 2011

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• Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop

  Ovid

  Inspirational, Success, Wisdom

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• There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.

  Sylvia Plath

  Inspirational, Sad, Women

  Sylvia Plath (2016). “The Bell Jar”, p.12, Hamilton Books

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• He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Motivational, Work

  Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.83, Heron Dance Press

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• The sensation of energy expands with increasing relaxation.

  Ilchi Lee

  Energy, Sensations

  FaceBook post by Ilchi Lee from May 20, 2014

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