"LAZINESS, n. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree."

"Bhikkhus, the lazy person dwells in suffering, soiled by evil unwholesome states, and great is the personal good that…"

"I don't think necessity is the mother of invention — invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibl…"

"My ambition is handicapped by my laziness"

"Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed."

"An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless when it goes as when it stands."

"Idlers seem to be a special class for whom nothing can be planned, plead as one will with them – their only contribut…"

"Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better m…"

"[M]an when not stimulated by hope or necessity is naturally a lazy animal."

"As a confirmed melancholic, I can testify that the best and maybe only antidote for melancholia is action. However, l…"