BUSYNESS

Crowding a life does not always enrich it.

Author unknown

O Lord! thou knowest how busy I must be this day: if I forget thee, do not thou forget me.

Sir Jacob Astley

“Let thine occupations be few,” says the sage, “if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life.”

Marcus Aurelius

In contemporary society our Adversity majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in “muchness” and “manyness,” he will rest satisfied.

Richard J. Foster

Never mistake motion for action.

Ernest Hemingway

Extreme busyness, whether at school or college, kirk or market, is a symptom of deficient vitality.

Robert Louis Stevenson

A pure, simple, and steadfast spirit is not distracted by the number of things to be done, because it performs them all to the honor of God, and endeavors to be at rest from self-seeking.

Thomas à Kempis