Quotes by Tasks Our task is to take this earth so deeply and wholly into ourselves that it will resurrect within our being. Rainer Maria Rilke tasksearth Poverty is part of the natural condition and that is bad enough. But my task is to prevent the aggravation of this condition. Pope Francis aggravationpovertytasks we are continually overflowing toward those who preceded us, toward our origin, and toward those who seemingly come after us. ... It is our task to imprint this temporary, perishable earth into ourselves so deeply, so painfully and passionately, that its essence can rise again “invisibly,” inside us. We are the bees of the invisible. We wildly collect the honey of the visible, to store it in the great golden hive of the invisible. Rainer Maria Rilke tasksessenceearth The artist's task consists of making one thing of many, and a Rainer Maria Rilke tasksartistworld What is the hardest task in the world? To think. Ralph Waldo Emerson tasksworldthinking Those tasks that have been entrusted to us are difficult; almost everything serious is difficult; and everything is serious. Rainer Maria Rilke difficulttasksserious Our task is not to rediscover nature but to remake it. Raoul Vaneigem rediscoverytasksnature A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life. Ralph Waldo Emerson taskshousemen To ward off disease or recover health, people as a rule find it easier to depend on healers than to attempt the more difficult task of living wisely. Rene Dubos taskshealingpeople I have a task that is greater than all the labors assigned to Hercules. It demands that I live in the richness of this moment because that is all I have or will ever know. Richard Bode demandtasksmoments Zoological taxonomists in general are inclined to be practical workers rather than philosophers, if only because they face such an unending task that they are not encouraged to sit back and philosophize. Richard E. Blackwelder philosophertasksfaces This is going to be a hard task for you, first to attain and then to lose - because you can lose only something which you possess. If you don't possess it, how can you lose it? Rajneesh egotasksfirsts Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to work with. It is a life-long task. Richard Leakey tasksdiscoverylong If you should prefer to understand that children are those human beings who have not yet found the grasp of their own minds, then the task you have given yourself, that task of rearing a child wisely and well, is suddenly transformed from indoctrination to education, in its truest sense, and made not only possible but even likely--provided, to be sure, one little prerequisite, which is that you are not a child, that you have come into the grasp of your mind. Richard Mitchell tasksmindchildren Keys to Finding Hope: 1. Hope depends upon taking care that we have at least two alternatives, in every situation we find ourselves, and with every task confronting us. 2. In any situation, no matter how much we may feel we are at the mercy of vast forces out there, that are totally beyond our control, we can always find something that is within our control, however small, and work on that. 3. Nothing that happens to us is just senseless and meaningless. In the context of our total life, it will eventually turn out to have meaning. Richard Nelson Bolles taskskeystwo If you set out in a spaceship to find the one planet in the galaxy that has life, the odds against your finding it would be so great that the task would be indistinguishable, in practice, from impossible. Richard Dawkins tasksoddspractice Whatever you're working on, take small bites. The task will not be overwhelming if you can reduce it to its smallest component. Richard Russo smallestoverwhelmingtasks The liver, that great maroon snail: No wave of emotion sweeps it. Neither music nor mathematics gives it pause in its appointed tasks. Richard Selzer tasksemotiongiving Every generation is confronted anew with the task not to look the other way when injustice occurs. ... Everyone is responsible for what he does and co-responsible for what he lets happen. Richard von Weizsaecker generationstasksdoe As a co-chair of the State's 2010 Olympics Task Force, I am working to make sure our border crossings are ready to handle the risks and benefits the Games will bring. Rick Larsen risktasksgames«3940414243444546474849»
