Frank Crane Quotes

It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.

When you can't figure out what to do, it's time for a nap.

Every time I flicked channels, there I was, talking. I was talking too much and writing too little. So Naomi and I went to Hawaii. The phone was cut off and we lost touch. This gave me the chance to have a good think about my life.

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

The way I relax is I think, 'I haven't got anything coming up.' I like to know there are months ahead when I've got nothing.

Once I am out of the ground, I forget cricket or keep it away as far as possible, to lighten up.

I'll just drive around if I'm stuck on something or have a case of writer's block.

There is nothing a good long walk can't help work out.

Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.

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

I found the best ideas usually came, not when one was actively striving for them, but when one was in a more relaxed state… I used to take long solitary walks on Sundays, during which I tended to review the current situation in a leisurely way. Such occasions often proved fruitful, even though (or perhaps, because) the primary purpose of the walk was relaxation and not research.

I took a little celebrational nap.

Yoga is mind wave quieting.

To be happy is very important to do a great performance because you have to be comfortable; your mind has to be clear.

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.

The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes.... The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.

Stop thinking, and end your problems.

The more your mind is restful, the more you're capable of dynamic activity.

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

When you step away from it all, you lose perspective.

When the mind grapples with a great and intricate problem, it makes its advances step by step, with but little realization of the gains it has made, until suddenly, with an effect of abrupt illumination, it realizes its victory.

Our minds must relax: they will rise better and keener after rest. Just as you must not force fertile farmland, as uninterrupted productivity will soon exhaust it, so constant effort will sap our mental vigour, while a short period of rest and relaxation will restore our powers. Unremitting effort leads to a kind of mental dullness and lethargy.

Man can learn a lot from fishing - when the fish are biting no problem in the world is big enough to be remembered.

Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength... It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less.

Geometry enlightlens the intellect and sets one's mind right