“Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.”
Source: Tomorrow, When the War Began
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Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
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“All time is wasted that is not spent in seeking God.”
Lahiri Mahasaya (1828–1895) Indian yogi and guru
This adage is attributed to the ancient sage Sukdeva, as quoted in Promise of Immortality: The True Teaching of the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita (2001) by J. Donald Walters. p. 242
Disputed
“Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.”
Christopher Hitchens Letters to a Young Contrarian
Source: 2000s, 2001, Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001)
“A life spent defensively, worried, is a life wasted.”
Lance Armstrong book Every Second Counts
Source: Every Second Counts (2003), p. 21
Context: A life spent defensively, worried, is a life wasted.
You know when I need to die? When I'm done living. When I can't walk, can't eat, can't see, when I'm a crotchety old bastard, mad at the world. Then I can die.
Paul Graham (1964) English programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
"Good And Bad Procrastination", December 2005
