Peaceful Activity Quotes

Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I'm a happy camper.

I love watching people enjoying food. It's very relaxing for me to cook.

I truly believe fishing is like a washing machine for your brain

I like fishing as much when I don't catch anything as when I do.

Working with the earth is peaceful for me.

Baseball is already the world's most tranquil sport. It is probably the only active sport where you are not seriously required to be alive to play.

I garden. It's very relaxing to me.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

[On fishing:] Greatest rest in the world for the brain.

The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.

There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.

Why should I be angry at someone when they are out dancing?

If I find out I have to write today and nothing else, that’s a perfect day. I know a lot of people who are great at it and make it look easy who are tortured and miserable people. Writing for me is perfect peace.

The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way.

Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there's a current and just stare into the water. I don't fish, I don't hunt, I don't scuba, I don't spear, don't boat, don't play basketball or football - I excel at staring into space. I'm really good at that.

Sitting here with one's knitting, one just sees the facts. -"The Blood-Stained Pavement

Paddling a canoe is a source of enrichment and inner renewal.

After all, catching something is purely a by-product of our fishing. It is the act of fishing that wipes away all grief, lightens all worry, dissolves fear and anxiety.

To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world.