Sydney J. Harris Quotes

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

I don't really have days where I can sit and do nothing!

If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.

You know I used to sit there and I'd go outside and play ball and everything, but now in my free time I just kind of lay back and relax because this atmosphere is so busy and stressful, so anytime I can sleep, you'd best believe I'm sleepin'.

Free time keeps me going.

When you're going bad, sometimes you need to relax more. I've always been intense. I didn't need to be more intense.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

I daily disconnect and read a good book or listen to a good sermon or call a friend or my mom and talk on the phone with my feet up. I also take baths with bath salts that I make myself.

It's really important to have balance, spend some time in nature, go to a few parties, enjoy my friends and really chill out.

I don't get to listen to music, but I find time to rest.

It's very challenging to get the right balance between relaxing and working.

I have a very full and busy life and occasionally I am asked, Scotty, how can you do all that you do? The most telling reply I can give is: Because I spend at least two hours a day doing nothing.

Yeah, don't you take a break?" "I don't have time for breaks." "That's the whole point of a break. When you've got no time, you need a break.

People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

Faffing is good. It is an important part of life. Faffing is when we disconnect from the matrix and idle for a while, like a car. Our body and spirit know deep down that human beings were not made for constant toil so subconsciously creates space through the mechanism of faffing.

At least once a week, I try to have one day where I have nothing planned so I can get up and just go back to bed and lay around and recharge my batteries.

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be.

Resting for me is fitness training.

True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.

If I spend a Saturday being lazy and curled up on the couch with my dogs, I'll just make sure to get out and be active on Sunday.

My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself.

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.