I have inhaled, exhaled everything..
Each sporadic burst of work, each minor success and disappointment, each moment of calm and relaxation, seemed merely a temporary halt on my steady d….
Relaxation is the absence of worry..
I must confess that, at that time, I had absolutely no knowledge of the slowness of the relaxation processes in the ground state, processes which tak….
The art world is a jungle echoing to the calls of vicious jealousies and ruthless combat between dealers and collectors; but I have been walking in t….
You see, for me [art]'s not one of life's ornaments, rococo relaxation to be greeted affably after a day of hard work; I'm inverted on this : for me ….
That business of relaxation, which is so terribly modern today, is all good and well, but my work interests me so much, and is so varied, that many t….
I took up knitting from time to time as a relaxation, but I always put it down again before going out to buy a rocking chair..
Wine was created with man in mind, for his pleasure and relaxation, a balm to his good health..
Total relaxation is the ultimate. That's the moment when one becomes a buddha. That is the moment of realization, enlightenment, christ-consciousness….
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor..
Zen is not a philosophy, it is poetry. It does not propose, it simply persuades. It does not argue, it simply sings its own song..
What is without periods of rest will not endure..
Meditation or religion is a totally different world: it is relaxation, it is let-go - it is not concentration at all. It is not one-pointedness, it i….
Relaxation is the point. And if you can relax with an enlightened person his enlightenment will start penetrating you, because when you are relaxed y….
If we were to all sit in a circle and confess our sins, we would laugh at each other for lack of originality..
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level..
First the body has to become utterly relaxed, like a small child, then only start with the mind. Move scientifically: first the simplest, then the co….
I've been working so hard that I'm exhausted... I feel I won't be able to do without a few weeks' rest, so I'm going off to see the sea..
This is the Zen approach: nothing is there to be done. There is nothing to do. One has just to be. Have a rest and be ordinary and be natural..
What did Napolean do for relaxation? He read a book. What did Lincoln do for relaxation? He read a book. What does Congress do for relaxation? They b….