Source: As quoted in Pearls of Wisdom: A Harvest of Quotations From All Ages (1987) by Jerome Agel and Walter D. Glanze, p. 46. From The Importance of Living: "besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone" (p. 162), "the wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials" (p. 10).
“The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone”
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“What you have done to this point cannot be undone. What you do next… It is still unwritten.”
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“Keys to getting things done: know what "done" means & what "doing" looks like.”
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“Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.”
“Leave undone whatever you hesitate to do.”
One of the sayings of the venerable sages, called Ichigon Hödan.
Tsurezure-Gusa (Essays in Idleness)