Mark Twain

It put our energies to sleep and made visionaries of us - dreamers and indolent... It is good to begin life poor; it is good to begin life rich - these are wholesome; but to begin it prospectively rich! The man who has not experienced it cannot imagine the curse of it.

American Writer

Rick Perlstein

All right-wing antigovernment rage in America bears a racial component, because liberalism is understood, consciously or unconsciously, as the ideology that steals from hard-working, taxpaying whites and gives the spoils to indolent, grasping blacks.

American Historian

Samuel George Morton

In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.

American Scientist

James Payn

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect.

English Novelist

Anna Julia Cooper

The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.

American Educator

Oliver Goldsmith

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

Irish Poet

Dorothea Dix

With care and patience, people may accomplish things which, to an indolent person, would appear impossible.

American Activist

Deborah Eisenberg

I'm a very spoiled writer. I need to be indolent, to waste a lot of paper. I'm inefficient.

John Philpot Curran

It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active.

Irish Public Servant

Halldor Laxness

It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.

Icelander Writer

Seen as negative, suggesting a lack of ambition or drive.

Negatively Connoted

Don't use in self-descriptions for job applications, as it implies laziness.

Avoid in Formal Resumes

Specifically refers to someone who avoids effort or movement.

Activity Level

Used by doctors, refers to conditions not causing pain or harm quickly.

Medical Terminology

Indicates lack of pain, not the severity of the medical condition.

Not Synonymous with Mild

Avoid literal use in everyday language, its medical meaning may confuse.

Literal Misinterpretation

Slow growth doesn't imply harmlessness in medical conditions.

Not Necessarily Benign

Emphasizes the slow development over time of a medical issue.

Implicit Temporal Aspect

Common in medical discussions; laypersons might not understand its use.

Medical Context

 These are changemakers who are being motivated not only to assist the most indolent in society, but also to help the inmates and others get access to justice.

Indolent