Quotes about Relaxation

Don't make a great effort, or struggle, or fight as you sit. Let go of everything. This prevents backache, shoulder-ache, or headache. If you are able to find a cushion that fits your body well, you can sit for a long time without feeling tired.

When you're in bed and unable to sleep, the best thing to do is to go back to your breathing.

If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight.

Good wine is a necessity of life for me.

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of the long day makes that day happier.

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier. [Allein schon das Wissen, dass einen am Ende eines langen Tages ein gutes Buch erwartet, macht diesen Tag zu einem glücklicheren.]

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

Because I have time to spare, and for the first time in my life nobody expects anything of me. I don't have to prove anything. I'm not rushing anywhere; each day is a gift I enjoy to the fullest.

Everybody should believe in something; I believe I'll have another drink.

I'm really happy. Really! I think people honestly just want to see me as a mum and married and barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. And I just want to say, 'Everybody, relax! It's going to happen.'