Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under... | John Lubbock

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“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 blue sky, is by no means waste of time.”

John Lubbock, 1894 · English banker, naturalist and writer

The Use of Life, chapter 5

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John Lubbock: 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 blue sky, is by no means waste of time.