Dolce Far Niente Quotes

#1. You know that Moses was spinning like crazy in Exodus XIV through XVII when the Jewish people wanted to go back and become a place again because tramping through the desert was a bit too hard.

Joe Klein

#2. The nonchalance and dolce-far-niente air of nature and society hint at infinite periods in the progress of mankind.

Henry David Thoreau

#3. When we are honest, we admit how agreeable it can feel to be singled out for favored treatment. The biggest barrier to equality for all is that inequality for some feels good.

Philip Gulley

#4. I think back to the night Leo talked to me from the floor, telling me he didn't like sleeping because that's when he dreamt. Telling me because in the dark it felt like we weren't awake, weren't even real.

Cath Crowley

#5. Dolce far niente: the pleasure of doing anything

Elizabeth Gilbert

#6. You cannot afford to rely on history, you have to make it.

Martin O'Neill

#7. Some words build houses in your throat. and they live there, content and on fire.

Nayyirah Waheed