"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…"

"Sleepiness and laziness in a man are the beginning of his misfortune."

"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…"