Body Quote by J. Richard Clarke

Leisure is the time for doing something useful.

— Benjamin Franklin

Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

— Jack Nicholson

The essence of leisure is not to assure that we may function smoothly but rather to assure that we, embedded in our social function,…

— Josef Pieper

Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have…

— Aristotle

Leisure requires the evidence of our own feelings, because it is not so much a quality of time as a peculiar state of mind.…

— Vernon Lee

On the whole, the enjoyment of leisure is something which decidedly costs less than the enjoyment of luxury. All it requires is an artistic…

— Lin Yutang

Leisure, the highest happiness upon earth, is seldom enjoyed with perfect satisfaction, except in solitude. Indolence and indifference do not always afford leisure; for…

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

Leisure and the cultivation of human capacities are inextricably interdependent.

— Margaret Mead

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.

— Benjamin Franklin

The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education.

— Bertrand Russell

Leisure, some degree of it, is necessary to the health of every man's spirit.

— Harriet Martineau