There is no idleness, by which we are so easily seduced, as that which dignifies itself by the appearance of business, and by making the loiterer imagine that he has something to do which must not be neglected, keeps him in perpetual agitation, and hurries him rapidly from place to place. -Samuel Johnson
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Positively the best thing a man can have to do is nothing, and, next to that, perhaps, good works. -Charles Lamb
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The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure is occupation. -George Bernard Shaw
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. -Joseph Addison
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Three rules of work: 1. Out of clutter, find simplicity. 2. From discord, find harmony. 3. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. -Albert Einstein
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Three characters can be found in a man about to perform a good deed: If he says, "I shall do it soon," his character is poor. If he says, "I am ready to do it now," his character is average quality. If he says, "I am doing it," his character is praiseworthy. -Hasidic Proverb
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Never does the human soul appear so strong
as when it forgives revenge and dares forgive an injury.
-Edwin H. Chapin
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You never know when you're making a memory. -Rickie Lee Jones
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That which is lacking in the present world is a profound knowledge of the nature of things. -Frithjof Schuon
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The purpose of life is a life of purpose. -Robert Byrne
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We are all wanderers on this earth. Our hearts are full of wonder, And our souls are deep with dreams. -Gypsy saying
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. -Dale Carnegie
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'We only have two things to worry about……
One that things will never get back to normal And two that they
already have!'
Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth
and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great. -Johann Georg
von Zimmermann
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Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will
have already become clearer. -Thomas Carlyle
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So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world. -Immanuel Kant
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Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there?" "What do I have to do to get myself from where I am to where I want to be?" "What's the first, small step I can take to get moving?" -George A. Ford
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Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. -Benjamin Franklin
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In the midst of all the doubts which we have discussed for four thousand year in four thousand ways, the safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death. -Francois M. A. Voltaire
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. -Samuel Johnson
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Because just as good morals, if they are
to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they
are to be observed, have need of good morals. -Niccolo Machiavelli
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