There is always time to check the boxes quote

I am reading through Volume 1 and came across this quote today that really stood out to me, especially given our society’s need to accomplish so much and the pressure on all of us to do more.

“The less [the mother] says the better; and as for the quantity of educational work to be got through, it is the fable of the anxious pendulum over again; it is true there are countless ‘ticks’ to be ticked, but there will always be a second of time to tick in, and no more than a single tick is to be delivered in any given second.” (Vol. 1, p 78)