"The essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty. Satisfaction lies in mindful repetition, the discovery of endless richness in subtle variations on familiar themes."

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Source : George Leonard (1992). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment”, p.69, Penguin

George Leonard

#Lying Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Essence Quotes

“Why should things be easy to understand?”

Source : "Who Is Thomas Pynchon... And Why Did He Take Off With My Wife?". Playboy, March 1977.
“I really wished he hadn't made me hate to read the Bible. Having it shoved down my throat all my life had made me bitter toward reading it. I believed it, but my dad had used it to his benefit too many times and ignored the parts in there that would point out his wrongs. Like judging Beau without even knowing him. That was in the Bible too.”
“I should probably bequeath the copyrights to my screenplay for Spies Like Us, just in case.”
“I worked eight hours a day just so I could get into the college of my dreams and say that I got in - and I never went.”
“When you finally figure out what you really want, everything else pales in comparison.”
“If thou makest a statement concerning women, lo, she shall immediately try to disprove it straightway. She goeth by contraries.”
“I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them.”

Source : Doctor Zhivago ch. 13 (1958) (translation by Max Hayward and Manya Harari)
“You don't really know how beautiful a girl is, until you meet her, all her beauty is in her personality.”

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