The morality of work is the morality of slaves, and the modern world has no need of slavery.
I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work.
It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
Epictetus·105 ADMan is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
Herodotus·-440 ADIf a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
Bertrand Russell·1932I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work.
