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Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.
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christianity
jesus
religion
god
heart
rest
restlessness
peace
desire
longing
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Augustine of Hippo |
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A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor -- such is my idea of happiness.
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nature
work
music
happiness
life
neighborliness
usefulness
conduct-of-life
country
rest
contentment
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Leo Tolstoy |
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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
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time
nature
beauty
science
inspirational
clouds
grass
rest
idleness
trees
sky
water
summer
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John Lubbock |
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Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence. Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.
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work
vacation
rest
break
peace
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Maya Angelou |
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I am strong, but I am tired, Stephen, tired of always having to be the strong one, of always having to do the right thing.
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rest
tired
strong
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Brenda Joyce |
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Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy of work well done that enables us to enjoy rest, just as it is the experiences of hunger and thirst that make food and drink such pleasures.
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fun
jesus
work
god
inspirational
blessing
rest
christian
leisure
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Elisabeth Elliot |
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The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavor; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start; Who, through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
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poetry
sadness
music
rest
longing
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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Later on in life, you expect a bit of rest, don't you? You think you deserve it. I did, anyway. But then you begin to understand that the reward of merit is not life's business.
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time
history
meaning
life
philosophy
rest
memory
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Julian Barnes |
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But you might as well bid a man struggling in the water, rest within arm's length of the shore! I must reach it first, and then I'll rest.
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struggle
rest
goals
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Emily Brontë |
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Of all the things a man may do, sleep probably contributes most to keeping him sane. It puts brackets about each day. If you do something foolish or painful today, you get irritated if somebody mentions it, today. If it happened yesterday, though, you can nod or chuckle, as the case may be. You've crossed through nothingness or dream to another island in Time.
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sleep
sanity
time
inspirational
rest
memory
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Roger Zelazny |
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A change is as good as a rest.
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rest
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Stephen King |
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Stone and sea are deep in life Two unalterable symbols of the world Permanence at rest And permanence in motion Participants in the power that remains
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unchanging
permanence
rest
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Stephen R. Donaldson |
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To rest was to receive all aspects of the world without judgment. A bath in the sea, a fuck with a soldier who never knew your name. Tenderness toward the unknown and anonymous, which was tenderness to the self.
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rest
tenderness
the-self
the-unknown
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Michael Ondaatje |
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"Hobbits always so polite, yes! O nice hobbits! Smeagol brings them up secret ways that nobody else could find. Tired he is, thirsty he is, yes thirsty; and he guides them and he searches for paths, and they saw sneak, sneak. Very nice friends, O yes my precious, very nice." Sam felt a little remorseful, but not yet trustful. "Sorry," he said. "I'm sorry, but you startled me out of my sleep. And I shouldn't have been sleeping, and that made me sharp. But Mr. Frodo, he's that tired, I asked him to have a wink; and well, that's how it is. Sorry. But where HAVE you been to?" "Sneaking," said Gollum, and the green glint did not leave his eyes. ... "Hullo, Smeagol!" Frodo said. "Found any food? Have you had any rest?" "No food, no rest, nothing for Smeagol," said Gollum. "He's a sneak." "Don't take names to yourself, Smeagol," Frodo said. "It's unwise, whether they are true or false." "Smeagol has to take what's given to him," answered Gollum. "He was given that name by kind Master Samwise, the hobbit that knows so much."
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sleep
sneak
sméagol
the-two-towers
hobbit
frodo-baggins
samwise-gamgee
rest
path
gollum
lord-of-the-rings
name
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J.R.R. Tolkien |
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I find my thoughts drifting to the Sabbath, the day of rest, the seventh day of the week, and perhaps the seventh day of one's life as well, when one can feel that one's work is done, and one may, in good conscience, rest.
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sabbath
rest
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Oliver Sacks |
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Rested, shaved, coffee'd, steaked, you will be a different man.
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rest
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Patrick O'Brian |
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"And so I miss the fertilization that might come from a contact. And for me--yes, I think I might as well admit it--fertilization does come a great deal from contacts. Why then do I avoid them--in a sort of false pride--shyness--timorous modesty? I used to be afraid of falling in love with people--or having them think I was--that I was chasing them (how ridiculous--I am actually always running away!) but now surely--I should be mature enough to be over that. I am no longer afraid of falling in love, and the other false modesties should vanish. I cannot bear to think "par delicatesse j'ai perdu ma vie." (Because of discretion I have lost my life)."
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work
rest
journal
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
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A beautiful nap this afternoon that put velvet between my vertebrae.
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sleep
rest
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Henry Miller |
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I still need some more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.
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rest
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Ernest Hemingway |
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[Y]ou were too alert to the figurative possibilities of words not to see the phrase [angle of repose] as descriptive of human as well as detrital rest. As you said, it was too good for mere dirt; you tried to apply it to your own wandering and uneasy life ... I wonder if you ever reached it.
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uneasiness
wandering
rest
peace
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Wallace Stegner |
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"Entering into and opening to our inherent spacious soul daily allows a natural liberation of our manifold self-identifications to occur, and it is then that we can truly rest in the sacredness and come to know our ground of being. The great Celtic writer John O'Donohue points to this when he says that "behind the facade of your life, there is something beautiful and eternal happening."
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self-awareness
divine-feminine
divine-self
ground-reality
groundedness
john-o-donohue
sacred-teachings
sacred-wisdom
sacredness-of-life
celtic-spirituality
sacredness
divine-inspiration
feminine
being-yourself
rest
self-realization
soul
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Meghan Don |
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Rest is essential, but during our periods of rest, we must think to ourselves that in resting we are renewing our energy to fulfill our commitment.
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sleep
nap
wu-wei
rest
energy
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Wu Wei |
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she might be idle, and silent, and forgetful, - and what seemed more than all other privileges - she might be unhappy if she liked.
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rest
dependancy
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Elizabeth Gaskell |
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An unrested mind is prone to wander into unfruitful avenues; it is nothing that a good night's sleep cannot cure.
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sleep
rest
thinking
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Diane Setterfield |
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We have earned our peace. It is, by now, more precious than honor, or even pity.
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rest
peace
reward
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David Brin |
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Ah, sleep, clothe me in thy velvet cloak.
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sleep
dreams
rest
dreaming
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