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Slowing Down Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste. ~Benjamin Franklin Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast. ~William Shakespeare Beware the barrenness of a busy life. ~Socrates It doesn’t really matter how fast you’re going if you’re heading in the wrong direction. ~Stephen Covey To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. ~Jane Austen Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. ~Etty Hillesum Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening ot the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. ~J. Lubbock You need not wrestle for your good. Your good flows to you most easily when you are relaxed, open, and trusting. ~Alan Cohen For fast-acting relief, try slowing down. ~Lily Tomlin The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. ~Sydney J. Harris There is more to life than increasing its speed. ~Mohandas Gandhi Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. ~Soren Kierkegaard Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you. ~John De Paola Time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time. ~T. S. Elliot Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. ~St. Francis de Sales Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. ~Ovid Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. ~Will Rogers Live deep instead of fast. ~Henry Seidel Canby Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest. ~Ashleigh Brilliant It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be. ~Eileen Caddy Be guided absolutely and entirely by the vision of calmness, and not by the shadows of anxiety. The hour of calmness is the hour of illumination and correct judgment. ~James Allen Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one’s being. ~Donald Curtis Just sit there right now Don’t do a thing Just rest. For your separation from God, From Love, Is the hardest work In this World. ~Hafiz