| "idleness is not doing nothing. idleness is being free to do anything." »Floyd Dell |
| "Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good." »Kierkegaard |
| "Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness." »George MacDonald |
| "idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil." »Hippocrates |
| "The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain." »Thomas Traherne |
| "Know the true value of time snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness no laziness no procrastination never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." »Lord Chesterfield |
| "Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time." »Sir John Lubbock |
| "I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble." »Agatha Christie |
| "I learned...that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness." »Brenda Ueland |
| "In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe." »Lydia Sigourney |
| BTW, Why won't you become an editor? |
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