Definitions: (1) giving or conducive to relaxation; (2) taking it easy; tranquil; peaceful; quiet
See also: Relaxed
Compatible Quality: worshipful
Quotes:
• Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. — Ralph Fulsom “Red” Marston (1904-1967) American inspirational writer
• Make yourselves nests of pleasant feelings. None of us knows what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thought – proof against all adversity. Bright fancies, satisfied memories, noble histories, faithful sayings, treasure houses of precious and restful thoughts, which care cannot disturb, nor pain make gloomy, nor poverty take away from us. — John Ruskin (1819-1900) English polymath [eight disciplines]
Symbols: 1) a bed; 2) poppies
Color: Absolute green is the most restful color, lacking any undertone of joy, grief, or passion. On exhausted men this restfulness has a beneficial effect. — Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (1866–1944) Russian painter & art theorist
Mythological Figures: 1) Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep; 2) Somnus, the Roman god of sleep, the brother of death, and the son of night