1 Boredom is a certain sign that we are allowing our faculties to rust in idleness. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Ralph Inge, Growth, Inactivity, Neglect, 0 William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England Copy
2 The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter. Read explanation Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Luc de Clapiers, Inactivity, Reflection, Wisdom, 0 Luc de Clapiers Philosopher · France Copy
3 Hence, in these times, untouch’d the pages lie, And slumber out their immortality. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, George Crabbe, Immortality, Inactivity, Time, 0 George Crabbe Poet · England Copy
4 The reason nobody else in my business has any impact is because they’re all comatose. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Harry Chapin, Competition, Impact, Inactivity, 0 Harry Chapin Copy
5 Some do not walk at all; others walk in the highways; a few walk across lots. Read explanation Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry David Thoreau, Conformity, Inactivity, Nonconformity, 0 Henry David Thoreau Writer · USA Copy
6 The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Mackintosh, Inactivity, Wisdom, 0 James Mackintosh Philosopher · Scotland Copy
7 Please don’t wake me, no, don’t shake me, leave me where I am, I’m only sleeping. Read explanation Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Lennon, Inactivity, Peace, Rest, 0 John Lennon Musician · England Copy
8 We have the means of evangelizing our country, but they are slumbering in the pews of our churches. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Stott, Church, Evangelism, Inactivity, 0 John Stott Theologian and Anglican minister · United Kingdom Copy
9 Men need some kind of external activity, because they are inactive within. Read explanation Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Arthur Schopenhauer, Activity, Inactivity, Men, 0 Arthur Schopenhauer Philosopher · Germany Copy
10 The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Idleness, Inactivity, Resentment, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England Copy
11 And I, the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Inactivity, Isolation, Neglect, 0 Samuel Taylor Coleridge Poet · England Copy
12 While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Anne Tyler, Contradiction, Imagination, Inactivity, 0 Anne Tyler Novelist · USA Copy
13 They whom trifles distract and nothing occupies are but children. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Lancaster Spalding, Distraction, Immaturity, Inactivity, 0 John Lancaster Spalding Priest · USA Copy
14 Doing nothing gives me great pleasure. And believe me, I succeed wonderfully in it. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steven Morrissey, Inactivity, Pleasure, Success, 0 Steven Morrissey Musician · England Copy
15 The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies. Read explanation Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Neil Gaiman, Creativity, Growth, Inactivity, 0 Neil Gaiman Author Copy
16 Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being Read explanation Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plato, Health, Inactivity, Wellness, 0 Plato Philosopher · Greece Copy
17 The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Idries Shah, Aging, Inactivity, Youth, 0 Idries Shah Author · India Copy
18 Every hour you spend on your rear end … saps your energy and ruins your health. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Tom Rath, Energy, Health, Inactivity, 0 Tom Rath Author Copy
19 Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robertson Davies, Deprivation, Inactivity, Preparation, 0 Robertson Davies Author · Canada Copy
20 Idleness is the parent of psychology. Author, September 25, 2023January 2, 2025, Friedrich Nietzsche, Inactivity, Reflection, Understanding, 0 Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany Copy
21 Indolence is the sleep of the mind. Author, July 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Luc de Clapiers, Awareness, Inactivity, Mental, 0 Luc de Clapiers Philosopher · France Copy
22 The lazy are always wanting to do something. Author, September 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Luc de Clapiers, Desire, Inactivity, Procrastination, 0 Luc de Clapiers Philosopher · France Copy
23 Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit. Author, June 21, 2023January 2, 2025, Satchel Paige, Contemplation, Inactivity, Reflection, 0 Satchel Paige Baseball player Copy
24 Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay. Read explanation Author, July 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Aesop, Blame, Inactivity, Perception, 0 Aesop Author · Greece Copy
25 The only thing some people do is get older. Author, August 17, 2023January 2, 2025, E. W. Howe, Aging, Inactivity, Perception, 0 E. W. Howe Novelist · USA Copy
Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too. David Lynch Film director · USA
.. the most intelligent defender of capitalism in the modern period is Friedrich Hayek. Irving Kristol Political scientist and journalist · USA
Sometimes it’s the things that are all around us that are hardest to see, especially love. Tonya Hurley Author
