The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.
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There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.
There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.
But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out read more
But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.
The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or
they'll eventually conquer you.
First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or
they'll eventually conquer you.
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an
open one.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an
open one.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.
The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.
Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical
accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people,
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Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical
accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people,
however, find that meditation creates more time than it takes.
