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To learn hard things quickly, you must focus intensely without distraction. To learn, in other words, is an act of deep work.
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“The freedom of a leisurely activity is the freedom from results or outcomes beyond it, not the freedom of rest or recreation.”
― Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
― Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
“To obtain the gift of holiness is the work of a life.”
― Parochial and Plain Sermons
― Parochial and Plain Sermons
“...happiness isn't to be pursued, it is to be enjoyed. Like life.”
― Bird Droppings
― Bird Droppings
“From shadows and symbols into the truth.”
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“Reprimands will not bring the waves into line. Anger will not alter the wind. Sadness will not bring back the Gulf Stream. The greatest freedom allotted to any human being is the freedom to choose one's attitude. Whatever the weather, it is my weather, and I must do my best to enjoy it.”
― A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean
― A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean
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