योगवासिष्ठ - आलस्य

आलस्यं यदि न भवेज्जगत्यनर्थः
    को न स्याद् बहु धनको बहुश्रुतो वा ।
आलस्यादियमवनिः ससागरांता
    संपूर्णा नरपशुभिश्च निर्धनैश्च ॥

- योगवासिष्ठ

Alasyam yadi na bhavet jagati anarthaH
    ko na syAd bahu dhanako bahushruto vA ।
AlasyAdiyamavaniH sasAgarAntA
    sampUrNA nara pashubhiH cha nirdhanaiH cha ॥

- yogavAsiShTha

If there were no such thing as laziness in this world, who would be poor? Every one would be either rich or very learned. Because of laziness, this world (including the seas) is filled with animal like men (uneducated) and penniless people.

- Yogavasishtha