The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host, and then read more

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host, and then a master.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

Oh, if only I did nothing simply as a result of laziness.

Oh, if only I did nothing simply as a result of laziness.

For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.

For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also read more

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

The lazy man gets round the sun as quickly as the busy one.

The lazy man gets round the sun as quickly as the busy one.

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic read more

So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.

To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.