16 Quotes That Prove A Structured Life Is A Free One

16 quotes

Discipline is the key to emotional freedom. Simplicity isn't just a nice idea. It is only through structure that we can really be free.

“Life is not found in atoms or molecules or genes, but in the organization of them. Not in symbiosis, but in synthesis.”

— Edwin Grant Conklin, amazon.com

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“Understand: your mind is weaker than your emotions. But you become aware of this weakness only in moments of adversity,precisely the time when you need strength. What best equips you to cope with the heat of battle is neither more knowledge nor more intellect. What makes your mind stronger, and more…”

— Robert Greene, amazon.com

“Like creating a masterpiece, quitting is an art: you have to decide what to keep within the frame and what to keep out.”

— Richie Norton, amazon.com

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“Clutter is the physical manifestation of unmade decisions fueled by procrastination.”

— Christina Scalise, amazon.com

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“It's not what you do but what you don't do - the things you postpone, not the things you accomplish - that make you tired.”

— Donna Otto, amazon.com

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“The Balinese don't wait and see 'how things go.' That would be terrifying. They organize how things go, in order to keep things from falling apart.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com

“Man does not know most of the rules on which he acts; and even what we call his intelligence is largely a system of rules which operate on him but which he does not know.”

— Friedrich Hayek, amazon.com

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“There seems to be a sense of balance or equilibrium that nature attempts to achieve with the usage of cycles, leading us to the concept of self-organization and spontaneous order.”

— Kat Lahr, amazon.com

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“Organisms organize. In everyday experience lies the reason sober physicists across two centuries kept this cartoon fantasy alive. We sort the mail, build sand castles, solve jigsaw puzzles, separate wheat from chaff, rearrange chess pieces, collect stamps, alphabetize books, create symmetry, compose…”

— James Gleick, amazon.com

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“An idea can only become a reality once it is broken down into organized, actionable elements.”

— Scott Belsky, amazon.com

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“To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.”

— George Bernard Shaw, amazon.com

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“William: "I'm sure we can all pull together, sir." Vetinari: "Oh, I do hope not. Pulling together is the aim of despotism and tyranny. Free men pull in all kinds of directions.”

— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com

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“The point of simple living, for me has got to be: A soft place to land. A wide margin of error. Room to breathe. Lots of places to find baseline happiness in each and every day.”

— Leo Babauta, amazon.com

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“Emptiness which is conceptually liable to be mistaken for sheer nothingness is in fact the reservoir of infinite possibilities.”

— D.T. Suzuki, amazon.com

“A degree of attachment occurs whenever you stumble upon something you like. It could be something you find visually appealing, pleases you, or aligns with your perceived goals and purpose in life. Over time, people begin to associate their sense of purpose with the attachments that provide them with…”

— Charlie Ambler, medium.com

“Every great building once begun as a building plan. That means, sitting in that building plan on the table is a mighty structure not yet seen. It is the same with dreams.”

— Israelmore Ayivor, amazon.com

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