Books Quote by Willaim Lyon Phelps

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company,…

— William Lyon Phelps

But leisure has little to do with one's happiness. To the contrary, I've found that the happiest people have found some cause and they…

— Alan Loy McGinnis

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

The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who…

— William Lyon Phelps

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

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

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

— Jack Nicholson

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

The leisure of time is the pleasure of life

— Jimba Matthias

How we use our leisure is equally as important to our joy as our occupational pursuits. Proper use of leisure requires discriminating judgment. Our…

— J. Richard Clarke

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 is the time for doing something useful.

— Benjamin Franklin