Seneca the Younger Quotes

Meditation is the most effective form of relaxation. It not only relaxes the body and mind but also feeds them with vital energy, peace and happiness.

When I'm feeling a little empty in the head, I like to go see movies or read to loosen things up there.

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

Dynamic activity and deep rest of the mind are complementary to each other.

Activities that promote mind-wandering, such as reading literature, going for a walk, exercising, or listening to music, are hugely restorative.

For me, a garden is peace of mind. It immediately takes my mind off the thing I'm puzzling about in my work and gives me repose.

Imagine a hot tub for the mind. That is what meditation is; it can bathe your mind in relaxing thoughts.

I used to read every, well, most nights. I think reading helps me in terms of relaxing... It helps me to get my mind off the game a little bit more and it helps me to be a little bit more focused.

Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.

It's like having... you know, your phone has a charger, right? It's like having a charger for your whole body and mind. That's what Transcendental Meditation is!

It may be that those whose work is their pleasure are those who most need the means of banishing it at intervals from their minds.

Whenever in doubt, turn off your mind, relax, float downstream.

I do not play games. There is not time for it. When I get through with work, I don't want anything that requires the working of the mind.

The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health.

Well, a funny thing, there are three that I like all for the same reason, golf, fishing, and shooting, and I do because first, they take you into the fields. There is mild exercise, the kind that an older individual probably should have. And on top of it, it induces you to take at any one time 2 or 3 hours, if you can, where you are thinking of the bird or that ball or the wily trout. Now, to my mind it is a very healthful, beneficial kind of thing, and I do it whenever I get a chance, as you well know.

When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.

I just want one day off when I can go swimming and eat ice cream and look at rainbows.

Rest is so necessary for the health of our minds and bodies, and often so difficult to achieve due to the many demands placed on us. But rest is also essential for our spiritual health, so that we can hear God’s voice and understand what he asks of us.

Meditation calms the mind, and when the mind is in a state of restful awareness, the body relaxes too.

Busy work brings after ease; Ease brings sport and sport brings rest; For young and old, of all degrees, The mingled lot is best.

For me, whenever I'm physical it spins my mind and whenever there's a lot going on I put my gloves on or I wrestle somebody and I feel zen.

In down times I do things like go for a long bike ride or run. The other thing I'm doing in that quiet time is just observing.

People love escapism and there should be a place for it.

Meditation is like a bath for the mind; it clears and refreshes our windows of perception, allowing more light, love, and happiness to flow into lives.

My place of refuge is definitely watching movies and playing video games.