Seneca the Younger Quotes

While I am on, I can discipline myself to that extent. When I am off, I can't discipline myself at all. On the other hand, when I am off, there are so many things I like doing, it doesn't really matter.

This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.

It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.

I don't mind being busy.

The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.

Work hard, play hard.

I think there is clearly a connection between free time and procrastination. The more you have of the former, all things being equal, the more likely you are to procrastinate.

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.

I just can't ever be a free spirit and just relax. When it comes to work, this is good. I'm very disciplined, which with writing is often half the battle, or more. But it also means that if I want to, say, play hooky and chocolate and watch Bravo all afternoon, I feel horribly guilty. I wish I could find a nice balance.

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.

Am I a slacker? I can be a slacker. When I was in college, most people got summer jobs for college or did research during college. I went home and watched TV the whole day for three months; it was really awesome.

I envy people who can think, 'No, I'm not going to work today' when they have a huge pile of deadlines stacking up.

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

I'm fundamentally a busy person; I spend my time doing useful things and profoundly useless things!

I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much.

Faffing, of course, does not fit the programme. We are supposed to be busy, productive citizens.

You can't get anything done hanging out all day long.

I work for me, 18 hours a day. It's my gig. So I don't have time to get a point of view.

I love this... being busy and working every day.

When I do have spare time to write, I'm tempted to spend it napping.

The rest-seeking procrastinators would generally rather not exert themselves at all, while the fun-task procrastinators enjoy being busy and active all the time but have a hard time starting things that are not so amusing.

Free time is the enemy of progress

By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.