“Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring as rickets. The space and quiet that idleness provides is a necessary condition for standing back from life and seeing it whole, for making unexpected connections and waiting for the wild summer lightning strikes of inspiration– it is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done.”
–Tim Kreider in the NY Times, Sunday July 1, 2012
One response to “Why is it good to be idle?”
I love this and am putting this quote on my FB public page. Thanks!