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Quote by Annie Dillard
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching d

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. – Annie Dillard

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There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. – Annie Dillard

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Light
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As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. – Annie Dillard

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Beauty
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Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone. – Annie Dillard

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alone
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How time files when yous doin all the talking. – Harvey Fierstein

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Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away. – Charles Caleb Colton

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To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher. – Blaise Pascal

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The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. – John Locke

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