Books Quote by William Lyon Phelps

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

— Willaim Lyon Phelps

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

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

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

— Jack Nicholson

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 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

People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry.

— Madame Roland

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

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 is the time for doing something useful.

— Benjamin Franklin

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

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must…

— Pope Francis