Four Thousand Weeks

Four Thousand Weeks

by Oliver Burkeman

04 Quotes

p. 128

"[People are] like donkeys running after carrots that are hanging in front of their faces from sticks attached to their own collars. They are never here. They never get there. They are never alive."

p. 170

"When you finally face the truth that you can't dictate how fast things go, you stop trying to outrun your anxiety, and your anxiety is transformed."

p. 182

"Stopping helps strengthen the muscle of patience that will permit you to return to the project again and again, and this to sustain your productivity over an entire career."

p. 205

"What would it mean to spend the only time you ever get in a way that truly feels as though your are making it count?"