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.
Don't think that because you have to go down in the wash-tub that you are any less a lady!
There's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough.
You will fear the darkness only to the extent that you yourself are not providing light.
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
The smallest minds and the selfishest souls and the cowardliest hearts that God makes.
I am overcome by my own amazing sloth...Can you please forgive me and believe that it is really because I want to do something well that I don't do it at all?
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