user157: There is a zen quote that goes something like

Meditate for an hour every day unless you are too busy. In that case
  meditate for two hours.

I'm not sure about the exact quote - it might be 0.5 hours/1 hour or some other timescale. Does anyone know what the exact quote is and who said it?

user2407: Isn't this notion from meditation traditions in general?
James Altucher, in his Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Reinventing Yourself:

What if I don’t have time to sit in silence [for one hour a day]?
Then sit in silence for two hours a day.


which he adapted (with an entrepreneurial slant) from a story about Mahatma Gandhi.


user408: The exact quote is

You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day. Unless you're too busy, then you should sit for an hour.

It is indeed an old Zen saying, but AFAIK the exact origin is not known.

157: <p>There is a zen quote that goes something like</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Meditate for an hour every day unless you are too busy. In that case
  meditate for two hours.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I'm not sure about the exact quote - it might be 0.5 hours/1 hour or some other timescale. Does anyone know what the exact quote is and who said it?</p>
 2407: <p>Isn't this notion from meditation traditions in general?</p>
<p>James Altucher, in his <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/19/the-ultimate-cheat-sheet-for-reinventing-yourself/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Reinventing Yourself</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>What if I don’t have time to sit in silence [for one hour a day]?</p>
<p>Then sit in silence for two hours a day.</p>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li>which he <a href="http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2012/08/5-things-i-learn-from-gandhi/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">adapted (with an entrepreneurial slant)</a> from a story about Mahatma Gandhi.</li>
</ul>
 408: <p>The exact quote is</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day. Unless you're too busy, then you should sit for an hour.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>It is indeed an old Zen saying, but AFAIK the exact origin is not known.</p>
