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“There is no such thing as getting more than you put into anything.”

Book:The Natural Way to Draw

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The Natural Way to Draw

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Kimon Nicolaides

Kimon Nicolaides was a Greek-born author active in the early 20th century. His works primarily focused on history, philosophy, and literary criticism. Despite his short life, Nicolaides' writings have had a profound impact on posterity. more

“Her head had taken to constantly pounding, and despite the massive amount of work to be done, all she felt like doing was curling up on her little mat by the fire and falling asleep for enough hours to bring her back to her normal, cheerful, rested self. But every time her head hit the pillow, no sleep came for the worrying. No matter how hard she tried, she always tossed and turned, nervous, anxious, and overwhelmed at the possibilities of the dangers that presented themselves at every corner.”

Work Worry Anxiety Overwhelmed

Book:Once I Knew

Source: Once I Knew

“Turn your passion into your work and your work will become your play.”

Work Work Quotes Work Life Balance Do What You Love Work And Play Love Your Work Love What You Do

Author:Hiral Nagda

“Every person who is rendering no good to humanity is useless, no matter how hard they work. Head work and hand work are equally hard and equally useful if rightly applied. All people, rich and poor, are working at something; perhaps one at useful labor, the other at useless labor. Nevertheless they are each and all using their energies at some occupation.”

Humanity Work Labor Occupation

Author:Lucy Parsons

“The selfish scheme called “property rights” has superseded human rights and created four times more useless work than is required to produce and distribute all the comforts and luxuries of life.”

Work Comfort Property Human Rights Luxury Property Rights

Author:Lucy Parsons

“Invisibly, almost without notice, we are losing ourselves. We are losing our ability to know who we are and what is important to us. We are creating a global machine in which each of us is a mindless and reflexive cog, relentlessly driven by the speed, noise, and artificial urgency of the wired world.”

Work Progress Internet Criticism

Book:In Praise of Wasting Time

Source: In Praise of Wasting Time

“Just because you’re at work…doesn’t mean you’re working.”

Work Hard Work Productivity Work Ethic Work Hard Hard Worker Work Smart Not Hard

Book:The Path to a Meaningful Life

Source: The Path to a Meaningful Life

“...the fast models of mechanization have taken over how we think about scholarship and ourselves. Slowing down is a matter of ethical import. To drive oneself as if one were a machine should be recognized as a form of self-harm.”

Work Stress Academia Burnout

Book:Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy

Source: Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy

“Well being is for work.”

Inspiration Work Well Being Wise Sayings

Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

“Are you willing to work?”

Work Advice Willing

Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

“But instead of making us work efficiently - and, by extension less - all of this tech has mostly just made us work more.”

Work Technology Productivity

Book:Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home

Source: Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home

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