Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement.
—Johann Georg von Zimmermann
Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth.
—Johann Georg von Zimmermann
Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great.
—Johann Georg von Zimmermann
More quotations tagged with “relaxation”
To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
—Jane Austen
We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of things [but] there are times when we stop. We sit still. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.
—James Carroll
If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
—Herodotus
He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.
—Henry David Thoreau
What's the use of worrying? It never was worthwhile.
—George Asaf
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