Quotes by Tasks Life as we find it is too hard for us; it entails too much pain, too many disappointments, impossible tasks. We cannot do without palliative remedies. Sigmund Freud paintasksdisappointment Asmodeus! You don’t see her, do you hear me? (Jericho) Completely blind, Minor Master. Hearing is intact. Is there anyone here besides the two of us? No? Good. I’m leaving now unless Minor Master has another preferably nonpainful task for me. (Asmodeus) You're dismissed. (Jericho) Cool beaners. (Asmodeus) Sherrilyn Kenyon leavingtaskstwo Thus we arrive at the singular conclusion that of all the information passed by our cultural assets it is precisely the elements which might be of the greatest importance to us and which have the task of solving the riddles of the universe and of reconciling us to the sufferings of life -- it is precisely those elements that are the least well authenticated of any. Sigmund Freud elementstaskssuffering There are actually only ever two pastoral problems you will ever encounter. The first is this: persuading those who are under the dominion of sin that they are under the dominion of sin. That's the task of evangelism. And [second], persuading those who are no longer under the dominion of sin that they are no longer under the dominion of sin because they're Christ's. Sinclair B. Ferguson encounterstaskstwo Few tasks are more like the torture of Sisyphus than housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over and over, day after day. Simone de Beauvoir cleaningendlesstasks The hardest task needs the lightest hand or else its completion will not lead to freedom but to a tyranny much worse than the one it replaces. Socrates taskshandsneeds The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law. Sonia Sotomayor tasksjudginglaw It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune. Sophocles good-mantasksmen Most people are subjective toward themselves and objective toward all others, frightfully objective sometimes--but the task is precisely to be objective toward oneself and subjective toward all others. Soren Kierkegaard taskssometimespeople A spiritually established life is not an easy task. But a materially satisfied life is an impossible task. Sri Chinmoy taskslife-isimpossible Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, in itself an ecstasy. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj tasksgoalsimple Just as in the great moment of resignation one does not mediate but chooses, now the task is to gain proficiency in repeating the impassioned choice and, existing, to express it in existence. Soren Kierkegaard taskschoicesdoe Out of love for mankind, and out of despair at my embarrassing situation, seeing that I had accomplished nothing and was unable to make anything easier than it had already been made, and moved by a genuine interest in those who make everything easy, I conceived it as my task to create difficulties everywhere. Soren Kierkegaard despairtaskseasy Let be the future: mind the present need and leave the rest to whom the rest concerns ... present tasks claim our care: the ordering of the future rests where it should rest. Sophocles tasksmindneeds The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted. Soren Kierkegaard nobletasksinspire When all combine in every way to make everything easier, people will want difficulty. I conceived it as my task to make difficulties everywhere. Soren Kierkegaard taskswantpeople Committee, n.: A group of people that, when given the task of deciding whether to start array indices from either 0 or 1, compromises to declare that they are to start from 0.5. Stan Kelly-Bootle groupstaskspeople If you are already an awakened soul, Sri Chinmoy visiontaskssoul A smart machine will first consider which is more worth its while: to perform the given task or, instead, to figure some way out of it. Stanislaw Lem machinessmarttasks The problem with fault-findingIs that he who finds fault with othersIs in no way a happy person Even after he has successfully Accomplished his task. Sri Chinmoy faultstasksway«4344454647484950515253»
