Relaxation Quotes - Page 3

The sorrowful spirit finds relaxation in solitude. It abhors people, as a wounded deer deserts the herd and lives in a cave until it is healed or dead.

Music is a pastime, a relaxation from more serious occupations.

It is better decoration when, in painting, some monstrosity is introduced for variety and a relaxation of the senses and to attract the attention of mortal eyes, which at times desire to see that which they have never seen.

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

When the state of observation is sustained, it changes the quality of your biological structure. The nerves are steady, the chemical system has an equilibrium, and there is relaxation, equipoise. You live in the clarity of knowing who you are.

Relaxation is one of the most complex phenomena - very rich, multidimensional. All these things are part of it: let-go, trust, surrender, love, acceptance, going with the flow, union with existence, egolessness, ecstasy. All these are part of it, and all these start happening if you learn the ways of relaxation.

Anytime you exhaust yourself trying to relax, that's active leisure.

Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.

All relaxation does is allow the truth to be felt. The mind is cleared, like a dirty window wiped clean, and the magnitude of what we might ordinarily take for granted inspires tears.

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.

I think it's important when you're acting to be as relaxed as possible even if you're doing something intense. You're basically in a state of dynamic relaxation.

Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.

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.

When I am finished painting, I paint again for relaxation.

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

Believe in the holy contour of life.

Doing something positive will help turn your mood around. When you smile, your body relaxes. When you experience human touch and interaction, it eases tension in your body.

Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.

It is better to practice a little than talk a lot.

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

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

I think best in a hot bath, with my head tilted back and my feet up high.

Two aspects to the relative world: relaxation and time management.

Scared is what happens when the sacred gets scrambled.

Remember that breath walking - as with any meditation technique - should not be pursued with a grim determination to 'get it right.' The point is to cultivate openness, relaxation and awareness, which can include awareness of your undisciplined, wandering mind.