Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest

Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest I've had.

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest I've had.

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to read more

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

Without haste, but without rest.

Without haste, but without rest.

Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.

Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on read more

Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands.