"Make sure that you are never in a hurry and obey the strict consistency of facts and situations in your work, social life, yes, even in everyday actions. (...) There is a kind of dexterity at the bottom of human tasks; it doesn't hurt to learn that. If you catch something; hold it with both hands and firmly, if you let something go, let it go consciously and with all the consequences, if you speak, let your word stand in time like a stone, if you are happy about something, be happy without reservation.
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Márai SándorAll Translations
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Make sure that you are never in a hurry and obey the strict consistency of facts and situations in your work, social life, yes, even in everyday actions. (...) There is a kind of dexterity at the bottom of human tasks; it doesn't hurt to learn that. If you catch something; hold it with both hands and firmly, if you let something go, let it go consciously and with all the consequences, if you speak, let your word stand in time like a stone, if you are happy about something, be happy without reservation.
""Vigyázz arra, hogy soha ne kapkodj, s munkádban, a társaséletben, igen, a köznapi cselekedetekben is engedelmeskedj a tények és helyzetek szigorú következetességének. (...) Van egyfajta kézügyesség az emberi feladatok alján; ezt nem árt megtanulni. Ha megfogsz valamit; fogd két kézzel és erősen, ha elengedsz valamit, engedd el tudatosan és minden következménnyel, ha szólsz, álljon szavad az időben, mint a kő, ha örülsz valaminek, örülj fenntartás nélkül."