A large proportion of the human race, it is true, is obliged to work so hard in obtaining the necessaries that little energy is left over for the other purposes; but those whose livelihood is assured do not, on that account, cease to be active
The road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work.
The morality of work is the morality of slaves, and the modern world has no need of slavery.
Skilled work, of no matter what kind, is only done well by those who take a certain pleasure in it, quite apart from its utility, either to themselves in earning a living, or to the world through its outcome.
One's work is never so bad as it appears on bad days, nor so good as it appears on good days.
Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men that comes chiefly through their work.
One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster. If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his or her work important.
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.