He who reads much and understands much, receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others.
Sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest
A sweet friendship refreshes the soul.
Meditation refreshes our mind and helps us let go of old patterns. We spend less time dwelling on the past or worrying about the future; instead, we are focused on the present.
As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
A warm, rainy day-this is how it feels when friends get together. Friend refreshes friend then, as flowers do each others, in a spring rain.
In all the events of life, we ought still to preserve our scepticism. If we believe that fire warms, or water refreshes, it is only because it costs us too much pains to think otherwise.
That, chang'd thro' all and yet in all the same, Great in the Earth as in th' Ætherial frame, Warms in the Sun, refreshes in the Breeze, Glows in the Stars, and blossoms in the Trees. . . Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part. . . Submit - in this, or any other Sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear. All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee; All Chance, Direction which thou canst not see; All Discord, Harmony not understood. . . All partial Evil, universal Good.
It is the satisfaction we derive from 'going there' in contrast to the satisfaction derived from 'getting there. ' Recreation provides 'the pause that refreshes. ' It recreates creators.
The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.
Sabbath is not simply the pause that refreshes. It is the pause that transforms.
The gospel shall be victorious. This greatly comforts and refreshes me.
