Beautiful Quote by Thorstein Veblen

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book.

— Henry David Thoreau

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

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

As Western nations became more prosperous, leisure, which had been put off for several centuries in favor of the pursuit of property, the means…

— Allan Bloom

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

... in the fierce competition ofmodern society the only class left in the country possessing leisure is that of women supported in easy circumstances…

— Mrs H O Ward

If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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

— Harriet Martineau

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

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

— John Fowles

Cultivated leisure is the aim of man.

— Oscar Wilde

[A]ny notion of the serious life of leisure, as well as men's taste and capacity to live it, had disappeared. Leisure became entertainment.

— Allan Bloom