Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen.

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen.

It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.

It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.

Let lessons of stern yesterdays . . . be your food, your drink, your rest.

Let lessons of stern yesterdays . . . be your food, your drink, your rest.

I never worry about action, but only about inaction

I never worry about action, but only about inaction

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb

You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday’s junk.

You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday’s junk.

There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.

Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so does inaction sap the read more

Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.