David Given Schwarm

Repose-true leisure cannot be enjoyed without some recognition of the spiritual world, for the first purpose of repose is the contemplation of the good.

Never before have men possessed so many time-saving devices. Never back have they had so little time for leisure or repose. Yet few of them are aware of this; advertising has created in modern minds the false notion that leisure and not working are the same–that the more we are surrounded by bolds and wheels,…

The rapidity of communication, the hourly news broadcasts, tomorrow’s news the night before–all these make people live on the surfaces of their souls. The result is that very few live inside themselves. They have their moods determined by the world.