A quote by Thomas Merton
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A quote by Thomas Merton
It is the most difficult thing in this world to work and not care for the result, to help a man and never think that he ought to be grateful, to do some good work and at the same time never look to see whether it brings
you name or fame, or nothing at all.from Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda by Swami Vivekananda
Abhilash Rao added
- We fail to see, or refuse to accept, that any attempt to bring our ideas into concrete reality must inevitably fall short of our dreams, no matter how brilliantly we succeed in carrying things off—because reality, unlike fantasy, is a realm in which we don’t have limitless control, and can’t possibly hope to meet our perfectionist standards. Someth... See more
from Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Alex Wittenberg and added
- We fail to see, or refuse to accept, that any attempt to bring our ideas into concrete reality must inevitably fall short of our dreams, no matter how brilliantly we succeed in carrying things off—because reality, unlike fantasy, is a realm in which we don’t have limitless control, and can’t possibly hope to meet our perfectionist standards. Someth... See more
from Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Alex Wittenberg and added