Glorious Quote by Henry David Thoreau

There cannot be any true leisure until all the world possesses it equally.

— John Fowles

What a glorious spectacle is that of the labor of man upon the earth! It includes everything in it that is glorious. Look around…

— Alfred William Howitt

I think that was probably one of the biggest revelations, is leisure is really in the eyes of the beholder...

— Brigid Schulte

As the ongoing industrial crusade to turn all earthly life to commercial purpose relentlessly impoverishes the biosphere and human culture, our living images of…

— Stephanie Mills

I think that was one of the biggest revelations is that leisure is really in the eyes of the beholder.

— Brigid Schulte

Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it.…

— Elisabeth Elliot

It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.

— Hayao Miyazaki

None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What…

— John Dryden

Life isn't long enough to do all you could accomplish. And what a privilege even to be alive. In spite of all the pollutions…

— Tasha Tudor

The sooner the world solves its economic problems, the sooner its inhabitants can afford leisure and peace and get on with the non-material things…

— Louis O. Kelso

The great thing is to be found at one's post as a child of God, living each day as though it were our last,…

— C. S. Lewis

To be able to use leisure intelligently will be the last product of an intelligent civilization.

— Bertrand Russel