The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, 
under stress and responsibility, he breaks through 
his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid 
surprise to himself no less than to this teachers.
        - Harvey Cushing (1869-1939) US surgeon

It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, 
such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears off 
almost at once, and we are revealed in our true personalities.
        - Shirley Jackson (1919-1965) US novelist
 
Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your 
life to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy.
        - Amy Strum Alcott (1956) US golfer

Stress is when you wake up screaming, and then realize 
that you haven't fallen asleep yet.
        - Unknown

You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's 
eating you.
        - Vicki Baum (1888-1960) Austrian-USA novelist

Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold.
But other times it's essential to take time off and to
make sure that your most important decision in the day
simply consists of choosing which color to slide down
on the rainbow.
        - Douglas Pagels

There must be quite a few things that a hot bath
won't cure, but I don't know many of them.
        - Sylvia Plath

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.
        - Sydney J. Harris

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do
with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
        - Will Rogers

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown
is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
        - Bertrand Russell

The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily,
now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and
standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist
and trained nurse, a little later on.
        - Elbert Hubbard

There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.
        - Calvin (from Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes)
 

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