People find life entirely too time-consuming.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

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There are grammatical errors even in his silence.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles mine.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

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Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

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When you're young, you always think you'll meet all sorts of wonderful people, that drifting apart and losing friends is natural. You don't worry, at first, about the friends you leave behind. But as you get older, it gets harder to build friendships. Too many defenses, too little opportunity. You get busy. And by the time you realize that you've lost the dearest best friend you've ever had, years have gone by and you're mature enough to be embarrassed by your attitude and, frankly, by your arrogance.

—Kate Jacobs in The Friday Night Knitting Club

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Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

—Henry David Thoreau

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Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.

—Grandma Moses

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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind.

—Donna Lynn Hope

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