Teachings
Laziness
Sefer Hamidos - The Book of Traits · 2 individual teachings
עַל־יְדֵי תַּאֲווֹת שֶׁאָדָם תָּאֵב, וְאֵינוֹ מַשִּׂיג אוֹתָם, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה בָּא עַצְלוּת, וְהוּא הַדִּין לְהֵפֶךְ.
1. Through the desires that a man desires, but does not attain them, through this comes laziness. This is also the case in the converse.
עַל־יְדֵי זְרִיזוּת מֵסִיר אֶת הַשֵּׁנָה וּמְחַיֶּה אֶת הַמֹּחִין.
2. Through zeal, one removes sleep and enlivens the mind.
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