Kerry Gleeson quotes

“This constant, unproductive preoccupation with all the things we have to do is the single largest consumer of time and energy.”
-- Kerry Gleeson

Source : Kerry Gleeson (2003). “The Personal Efficiency Program: How to Get Organized to Do More Work in Less Time”, p.127, John Wiley & Sons

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“Being onstage is just a feeling that you cannot duplicate anywhere else because the energy that the audience is giving you forces you to give more energy. It's such an output and exchange of energy. You can't do that anywhere else.”

“I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.”

“Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy.”

“It's much more interesting to embrace who you really are rather than waste energy pretending to be someone else.”

“Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences.”

“Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo. And in doing so, you must leave your subjective preoccupation with yourself. Otherwise you impose yourself on the object and you do not learn.”

“...nothing is permanent. Everything and everyone you know can change at any moment. That's how I see things now - except for you. You're the one constant in my life.”

Source : Alexandra Adornetto (2012). “Heaven”, p.58, Macmillan

“It always seemed to be a constant that my parents were political.”

“My pain is constant and sharp...this confession has meant nothing”

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.”