“For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape.” PeopleMeanActionWiseIntelligentReasonable Author:Andre Maurois
“Time is a factor in all action. An imperfect scheme put into action at the proper time is better than a perfect one accomplished too late.” ActionPerfectLateFactorsAccomplishedToo LateImperfectSchemesProper TimePerfect One Book:An Art of Living Source: An Art of Living
“It is restful to leave one's home; not because traveling does not entail varied and difficult daily actions, but because it removes our responsibilities.” DoeHomeActionDifficultResponsibilityRemoveRestful Author:Andre Maurois
“The need to express one's self in writing springs from a maladjustment of life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action.” MenNeedsWritingSelfActionConflictSpringResolveGrown ManInner Conflict Author:Andre Maurois
“Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.” LifeShouldYearsRealFeelingsMotivationalActionHoursLosesForgetOur LivesEndureForgottenAffectionUpsetDespiseWorthwhileSmall ThingsUndertakingsGrievanceBroodingIrreplaceablePettiness Author:Andre Maurois
“Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness- and fewer those who have taken that chance.” ActionChanceTakenAchieveFewer Author:Andre Maurois
“The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action. Those to whom action comes as easily as breathing rarely feel the need to break loose from the real, to rise above, and describe it... I do not mean that it is enough to be maladjusted to become a great writer, but writing is, for some, a method of resolving a conflict, provided they have the necessary talent.” MenNeedsFeelsWritingMeanRealEnoughActionBreakTalentConflictSpringMethodOneselfBreathingResolveRise AboveAdjustmentGreat WritersGrown ManInner Conflict Author:Andre Maurois
