One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.
Idleness is the stupidity of the body, and stupidity is the idleness of the mind.
There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.
Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron.
It is idle to await unanimity.
I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.
Idleness allows you to turn a situation from boredom to pleasure.