"Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existence." ― Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis of Culture
"Many of us learned that keeping busy…kept us at a distance from our feelings...Some of us took the ways we busied ourselves—becoming overachievers & workaholics—as self esteem…But whenever our inner feeling did not match our outer surface, we were doing ourselves a disservice…If stopping to rest meant being barraged with this discrepancy, no wonder we were reluctant to cease our obsessive activity." ― Maureen Brady, Beyond Survival: A Writing Journey for Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse
"Some people have compassion for even strangers, but not for their own bodies." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"If you do more than your share you'd better want to: otherwise, you're paying yourself in a currency recognized nowhere else." ― James Richardson
"The wise rest at least as hard as they work." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"When you truly love what you do, not working is hard work." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"The most fruitful breaks are often those we are or were forced to take by life." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"In the grief that comes with recognizing what happened to us, we often feel there is nowhere to turn for solace…We do things to keep it away, such as becoming overly busy or using drugs or alcohol to numb our feelings. When we are caught up in resistance, we do not feel hope, but when we surrender to our sadness fully, hope trickles in." ― Maureen Brady, Beyond Survival: A Writing Journey for Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse
"Somewhere along the way we've gotten the message that the more we struggle and the more we suffer, the more valuable we will become and the more successful we'll eventually be. And so we overwork ourselves, overschedule ourselves, and become "busier than thou" because we think there's some sort of prize on the other side of the pain we cause ourselves. And you know what? There's no prize. All you get from suffering is more suffering." ― Kate Northrup, Money, A Love Story: Untangling Your Finances, Creating the Life You Really Want, and Living Your Purpose
"The fact that they might still be alive in 5, 25, or even 50 years' time is not enough to motivate fools to look after their bodies." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"O Lord saves us from overworking! Grant us grace to rest awhile." ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
"It is rest, not a vacation, that is a biological need." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"It helps to sometimes take a break by resting on your laurels." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Those who truly love their work have the tendency to get sick and tired of resting, and very quickly." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"A restless mind makes a problem of a resting body." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Overwork can cause a break down." ― Lailah Gifty Akita
"It was well known to the team of eight extreme night shift workers that group needed nine workers to prevent overwork and accumulation of excess night shift hours that could not be taken because there were not enough workers to cover for the absence." ― Steven Magee
"It takes wisdom to gain wealth without losing health." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Too much light for the eyes is as useless as darkness." ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
"Animals overwork only when they are working for humans." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Meditation is the most fruitful form of rest during which we are awake." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Overworking doing what you love is way more revitalizing than resting from doing what you hate." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"The saying "Life is just one damn thing after another," is a gross overstatement. The damn things overlap." ― The Cincinnati Enquirer
"Working for yourself does not make working too hard any less foolish." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Capitalism owes a third of its success to conspicuous consumption, and another third to the consumption of caffeine." ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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