Generally speaking, the definitions of leisure had been influenced by a classical view of the phenomenon promulgated by writers such as Josef Pieper and Sebastian De Grazia, who saw leisure as a condition of the soul or a state of being which might or might not be achieved during free time. Today, the so-called residual definition of leisure, that is time which is not occupied by paid work, unpaid work or personal chores and obligations, is widely accepted for its proven utility in research and is inclusive and non-normative.

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I have a strong belief that we all come to this world to learn some lessons in order to draw up certain conclusions and not repeat the same mistakes again. In our everyday life we happen to face a lot of problems and difficulties which we have to overcome to prove ourselves that we are worth to be called conscious human beings. Naturally, we make mistakes, and at this point I think it’s rather useful to cite the final phrase of one of the heroes of the famous Hollywood movie “Some like it hot”: “Well, nobody’s perfect”. And we have a right to be wrong since the perfection to my mind is an eternal process.

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If I could spend a day with any person in the world, whether living or dead, I would have chosen Herbert George Wells.

I would have chosen to spend a day with him because I am really interested in science fiction and he was among the pioneers of this genre at the time when it was not considered literature at all. However, his novels “The Time Machine”, “The War of the Worlds”, “The Invisible Man” , “The Island of Doctor Moreau” and others have proven to the whole world that science fiction is indeed literature.

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This paper considers the lives of two saints – Benedict and Antony – and we are supposed to compare their lives and deeds and to make a conclusion as for the similarities and differences of their life journeys.

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