Relaxation Quotes

• Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

  William S. Burroughs

  Inspirational, Crazy, Caring

  William S. Burroughs (2007). “Naked Lunch: The Restored Text”, p.180, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Relaxation is the prerequisite for that inner expansion that allows a person to express the source of inspiration and joy within.

  Deepak Chopra

  Motivational, Spiritual, Inspiration

  Deepak Chopra (1997). “The Seven Spiritual Laws for Parents: Guiding Your Children to Success and Fulfillment”, Harmony

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• Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Fitness, Massage, Brilliant

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• The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Funny, Witty, Time

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  The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.

  Bill Murray

  Jobs, Work, Comedian

  "With Bill Murray, Just Take the Trip". Interview with Dave Itzkoff, www.nytimes.com. November 28, 2012.

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• Smile, breathe and go slowly.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Life, Positivity

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• Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one's being.

  Donald Curtis

  Life, Letting Go, Mean

  Donald Curtis (1961). “Your thoughts can change your life”

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• Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Health, Inspire, Going Away

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• Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.

  Etty Hillesum

  Appreciation, Prayer, Stress

  Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.305, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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  If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

  Herodotus

  Fun, Men, Knowing

  "The Histories" by Herodotus, Book 2, Ch. 173, c. 440 BC.

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• For fast-acting relief try slowing down.

  Lily Tomlin

  Inspirational, Breakup, Stress

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• Take charge of your schedule. Make time for reflection and relaxation.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Reflection, Schedules, Making Time

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• Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.

  A. A. Milne

  Thinking, Sometimes, Calm Down

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• It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.

  Paulo Coelho

  Ideas, Decision, Important

  Paulo Coelho (1992). “The diary of a magus”, Harpercollins

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• To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

  Jane Austen

  Nature, Flower, Perfect

  Jane Austen (1833). “Mansfield Park”, p.85

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• The happiness we seek cannot be found through grasping, trying to hold on to things. It cannot be found through getting serious and uptight about wanting things to go in the direction we think will bring happiness. We are always taking hold of the wrong end of the stick. The point is that the happiness we seek is already here and it will be found through relaxation and letting go rather than through struggle.

  Pema Chodron

  Happiness, Letting Go, Struggle

  Pema Chodron (2001). “Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living”, p.115, Shambhala Publications

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  The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

  William James

  Happiness, Fear, Stress

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• Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.

  Robert J. Sawyer

  Peace, Clever, Path

  Robert J. Sawyer (2009). “Calculating God”, p.143, Macmillan

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• Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Love, Inspirational, Cute

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  When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Inspirational, Single, Peace

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• Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

  John Lubbock

  Inspirational, Success, Summer

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• If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness.

  Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse

  Peace, Believe, Calm

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• Little by little does the trick.

  Aesop

  Wisdom, Doe, Littles

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.56, Pelekanos Books

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• What's the use of worrying? It never was worthwhile.

  George Henry Powell

  Smile, Worry, Use

  Pack up your Troubles (1915 song; music by Felix Powell)

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• Vacation: a period of travel and relaxation when you take twice the clothes and half the money you need.

  Jerry Smith

  Vacation, Clothes, Half

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