“Japan never considers time together as time wasted. Rather, it is time invested.”
Donald Richie (1924–2013) American writer
Source: A Lateral View: Essays on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan
“What fools call “wasting time” is most often the best investment.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 24
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