I think that was probably one of the biggest revelations, is leisure is really in the eyes of the beholder...

I have trashed the to-do list. To help my brain...

A gift, like a good friend drawing a personal road map out of the crazy busy swirl of our overloaded lives.

What often matters more than the activity we're doing at a moment in time is how we feel about it.

As work weeks get longer and leisure time shrinks, people are becoming sicker, more distracted, absent, unproductive, and less innovative.

Because this is how it feels to live my life: scattered, fragmented, and exhausting.

Our perception of time is indeed our reality.

I take solace in knowing that some of the steps I took can help other people.

As long as you're pushing men to stay at work, you're pushing women to stay home.

Busyness is now the social norm that people feel they must conform to, Burnett says, or risk being outcasts.

I'm a big believer in education. If people learn the truth, they'll see the benefit if they have gender neutral policies.

...and gentle happy and peaceful, tasting the mean goodness of their living like the last of their suppers in their mouths.

You need your rest to feel your best!

The most dangerous job is to be a president - That's nothing more than a fact!

I stop to brace myself against the walls, which are painted with the fingerprints of family.

I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

You want to do work that is remembered, you want to be a part of something that's remembered.

There are all too many who, on account of their notorious ineptitude, thrive better in a rationalist system than in freedom. Freedom is one of those difficult things.

The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.

It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later, that's not a tongue-in-cheek picture.