Sentences with phrase «for idleness»

Determined eyes see less sleep; a focused mind has less time for idleness.

The something for nothing culture encouraged by the previous Labour Government created a two - tier benefits system where the strivers and low paid workers have been penalised for the idleness of the shirkers.

The rule discouraged extreme asceticism, but enjoined a poverty which forbade personal possessions, commanded chastity and obedience, and included labor (for idleness was held to be an «enemy of the soul»), communal worship, private meditation, and the reading aloud of religious books at meals.

It's a recipe for idleness and failure, he says.

Not exact matches

While a link between idleness and poor heart health has been established for nearly six decades, the paradigm that emerged said long periods of sedentary behaviour ought to be all right as long as it was offset by enough physical activity.

While some men may be tempted to do too much productive work at the expense of cultivation of their will and intellect, the larger temptation for most men is to idleness and vice at the expense of providing enough for themselves, let alone for «all the population.»

For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies.

The «rest» will not be idleness or inactivity but strengthening for our responsibilities.

«For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work.

«Satan has work for idle hands to do» and the particular demons we are now discussing thrive on idleness.

We might as well expect public schools for the indigent to weaken the standard of private education among the wealthy; or asylums for the deaf and blind, to make Possessors of perfect eyes and ears careless of their safety and indifferent to their preservation; or humanity towards the aged and the suffering to promote idleness and improvidence among the young and healthy... as to imagine that asylums for inebriates will promote and increase drunkenness.

Whereas for the «Greek,» play is the perfect human state, for the «Protestant» play is merely a reward for past work, a temptation to idleness, or a pause that refreshes.

By the time of the Maccabees, for example, the practice of keeping the Sabbath was so central to Judaism that, according to Josephus, the Romans had to exempt the Jews from military service because they were useless as soldiers on the Sabbath.12 Seneca could not understand the Sabbath exercise and chided the Jews for spending every seventh day of their lives in idleness.13

Hence in social terms the disorderly turmoil of individuals pursuing conflicting and egotistical aims; and, on the national scale, the chaos of armed conflict in which, for want of a better object, the excess of accumulated energy is destructively released... «Idleness, mother of all vices.»

Michael Welzer, in Spheres of Justice, writes: «for most people, leisure is simply the opposite of work; idleness its essence.

«O Lord and Master of my life, grant not unto me a spirit of idleness, of discouragement, of lust for power, and of vain speaking.

Work is any activity entered into for the sake of an end, and it is normal for the, human spirit, in contrast with animal experience, to have ends in view for which the immediate pleasures of idleness will voluntarily be surrendered.

Just like the corperate America loved and protected by the Republican ideology; they are wealthy, full of apathy and idleness, and fail to do al they can for those less fortunate.

Now no longer a child, I know that clouds are of various types — cirrus, cumulus, cirrocumulus, cirrocumulus castellanus — and that they portend rain or merely reflect the summer - day idleness that I have no time for.

Idleness can be a paralyzing feeling for refugees.

Social mobility is actually a left - safe way of talking about opportunity whereas in its heart the left wants equality of outcome If there is opportunity the argument for state control becomes weaker and the role of the left disappears and that is why it is commuited to maintaining poverty by rewarding idleness and creating an underclass

In addition, the DOC is looking to create new young adult housing for 18 - to 21 - year - olds to «reduce idleness, minimize incidents, and generate better long - term inmate outcomes.»

Drivers can only tolerate so much idleness because they are paid per ride, so in many cases taxis opt for the former inefficiency over the latter.

«Landru» was a commercial and critical success, but «Ophelia» the same year was a failure, beginning a period of involuntary idleness for Chabrol.

«Rest is not idleness»: Implications of the brain's default mode for development and education.

«Rest is indeed not idleness, nor is it a wasted opportunity for productivity,» Immordino - Yang and her colleagues write.

For instance, in her most recent research paper, Rest Is Not Idleness, Immordino - Yang and her team of researchers observe the cognitive benefits of letting minds wander, and they advocate for a classroom that balances «external attention and internal reflection.&raqFor instance, in her most recent research paper, Rest Is Not Idleness, Immordino - Yang and her team of researchers observe the cognitive benefits of letting minds wander, and they advocate for a classroom that balances «external attention and internal reflection.&raqfor a classroom that balances «external attention and internal reflection.»

Idleness never always means not doing anything at all, for everybody does something each moment of time!

When a day of adventure (or idleness) comes to a close and travelers» thoughts turn to food, Playa del Carmen offers a wide range of culinary delights steeped in the tradition of world - renowned Mexican cuisine, from fine dining to simpler fare for the more budget conscious traveler.

Recent selected exhibitions include: In Conversation, Touchstones Rochdale, 2014; Without an Edge There is No Middle, Pluspace, Coventry, 2013; Summer Show, Malgras Naudet, Manchester, 2013; Treatment, PS Mirabel, Manchester, 2013; 60 Drawings, Bankley Gallery, Manchester; International Drawing Project, PR1 Gallery, UCLAN, Preston; Salon Neu, Embassy, Edinburgh, 2012; The Manchester Contemporary, Spinningfields, Manchester 2012; We Are All In This Together, Bureau, Manchester; Unrealised Potential, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art (NGCA), Sunderland, 2011; Industry & Idleness, Contemporary Art Society, London, 2010 - 11; Unrealised Potential, Cornerhouse, Manchester, 2010.