Since you have to do the things you have to do, be wise enough to do some of the things you want to do.
Interpretation
Balance your responsibilities with your desires to live a fulfilling life.
This quote emphasizes the importance of balancing the necessary tasks of life with the personal passions and desires that bring joy. It suggests that while obligations must be fulfilled, it is also essential to carve out time for the things that one truly loves, thereby achieving a more satisfying and rewarding existence.
In practice
Encouraging friends to pursue their passions during a gathering.
Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not, by beginning at the end and contemplating the conclusions, one can determine if it's worth going through the whole to get there.
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
If you never budge, don't expect a push.
It's never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.
The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.
If I had not been so great an invalid, I should not have done so much as I have accomplished.
The most baleful mischiefs may be expected from the unmanly conduct of not daring to face truth because it is unpleasing.
Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.
I hate luxury. I exercise moderation…It will be easy to forget your vision and purpose one you have fine clothes, fast horses and beautiful women. [In which case], you will be no better than a slave, and you will surely lose everything.
Birds learn how to fly, never knowing where flight will take them.
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