“I’m learning how to slow down. I’m learning how to take things easy. I’m learning how to live one day at a time.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“The truth is, we can’t pause time. We can’t start it or stop it, can’t speed it or slow it. It’s the grand clock of our days, and it ticks madly with no help or hurry from us. We have very little say in the whole thing. But we can pause our bodies, and our souls, and we can pay attention long enough…”— Erin Loechner, designformankind.com
“Paradoxical as it may seem, the purposeful life has no content, no point. It hurries on and on, and misses everything. Not hurrying, the purposeless life misses nothing, for it is only when there is no goal and no rush that the human senses are fully open to receive the world.”— Alan Watts, amazon.com
“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.”— Etty Hillesum, pinterest.com
“If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun or relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.”— Herodotus, en.wikiquote.org
“Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement.”— Johann Georg von Zimmermann, books.google.com