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“We have then walked, played, or worked " enough," so we desist. That amount of fatigue is an efficacious obstruction on this side of which our usual life is cast. But if an unusual necessity forces us to press onward, a surprising thing occurs. The fatigue gets worse up to a certain critical point, when gradually or suddenly it passes away, and we are fresher than before. We have evidently tapped a level of new energy, masked until then by the fatigue-obstacle usually obeyed.”
― The Energies of Men
― The Energies of Men
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.”
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“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.”
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“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. ”
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“Everything is dangerous. No activity is entirely without risk, but that does not mean that we should wrap ourselves in a protective cocoon. That is not living, but is premature death. The way to deal with danger is to know approximately how much of it there is, where it is likely to be found, and how to deal with it when it arises.”
― Mindfulness in Plain English
― Mindfulness in Plain English
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