A Quote by Socrates

I have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without.... He is nearest to God who needs the fewest things.

Socrates

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Socrates
Greek - Philosopher
469 BC - 399 BC

Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.

Socrates

Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods.

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Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the time, and not be discouraged at the rests. If we say sadly to ourselves, "There is no music in a rest," let us not forget " there is the making of music in it." The making of music is often a slow and painful process in this life. How patiently God works to teach us! How long He waits for us to learn the lesson!

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Brian Tracy

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Rick Warren

A vacation should be just long enough that your boss misses you, and not long enough for him to discover how well he can get along without you.

Jacob Braude

God is the only being who has time enough; but a prudent man, who knows how to seize occasion, can commonly make a shift to find as much as he needs.

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Malcolm Knowles

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