Work is so foundational to our makeup that it is one of the few things we can take in significant doses without harm. Indeed, the Bible does not say we should work one day and rest six or that work and rest should be balanced evenly but directs us to the opposite ratio. Leisure and pleasure are great goods, but we can take only so much of them.
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Related But I think the one thing that I can say about us is that we're very consistent about certain th... MICHAEL STIPE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and ... ELISABETH ELLIOT Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th... DEYTH BANGER We should abolish 'work.' By that I mean abolishing the distinction between work and leisure... THEODORE ZELDIN We should be able to work together, but the only way you can work together is with integrity and tru... JANNA GARRISON 17. One of the secrets of successful living is found in the word balance, referring to the avoidance... JAMES C. DOBSON It is work, work that one delights in, that is the surest guarantor of happiness. But even here it i... ASHLEY MONTAGU That we ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of GOD, who regards not the greatn... BROTHER LAWRENCE We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL What's so great about sports is we can teach them the basics of any sport in one day. And in one day... KIRK BAUER As we intend to hold our council at the Huron village, that is near the British, we may probably mak... TECUMSEH 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON The fact is you cannot have great schools without the involvement of the entire community, but this ... JANE BURKE This is something that they're going to treasure the rest of their lives because not everybody can g... CHARLIE WILSON We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious secon... A. J. GOSSIP Sometimes, you can work so hard and not get a point out of it, but things are going our way right no... ULF SAMUELSSON My wish simply is to live my life as fully as I can. In both our work and our leisure, I think, we s... WENDELL BERRY One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be happy is not included in the plan of... SIGMUND FREUD He blesses us so we can be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL Without out suffering, our work would just be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not b... MOTHER THERESA All I can say is that our objective going in is to make Parliament work. That is our one and only ob... MARC ROY Here's what I'll say: some toys should be movies, and some toys should not be toys, and I... ALEX KURTZMAN Each one of us here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask... NORMAN MACLEAN Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD The idea is to believe me... but as far as I see the world... to believe is a sin... to trust me one... DEYTH BANGER Work is toil: what one does only to earn a living. If it gives pleasure, it is leisure. MORTIMER ADLER We are evenly matched teams, but I feel that our team can definitely win. It's always going to come ... BROOKE WYCKOFF There are things we need to work on and we have the rest of the season to work on these areas. Our f... JOYCE BICKERS Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY One should indulge only in such deeds that provides good- health and strength so that he can work fo... YAJUR VEDA I find my thoughts drifting to the Sabbath, the day of rest, the seventh day of the week, and perhap... OLIVER SACKS But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all ... JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY But peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all ... JOHN F. KENNEDY Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872 We can do nothing, we say somet... A. J. GOSSIP Good human work honors God's work. Good work uses no thing without respect, both for what it is in i... WENDELL BERRY We were worn out at the end of the year because we had to run so many guys out there every day. Our ... KEN MACHA The only sure rule is to remember that the Bible is indeed God's gift to the church, to equip that c... N.T. WRIGHT This is one way that we can show our support for the men and women who work so hard to protect our c... CHUCK SMITH When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in t... THE WORK OF THE CHARIOT If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... What is the Christian understanding of work?. . . [It] is that work is not, primarily, a thing one... TIMOTHY J. KELLER The events that happen in our lives make us who we are ,we can either give in to them and let them w... GARY F EVANS... We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: ... KIM STANLEY ROBINSON In an ideal world, there would be a two-and-a-half- to three-month off-season. I don't think our pla... LARRY SCOTT First importance. The Bible tells us that, while there are many different callings and many possible... C.J. MAHANEY If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others. FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he... VOLTAIRE The devil frequently fills our thoughts with great schemes, so that instead of putting our hands to ... TERESA OF ÁVILA I don't believe in people just hoping. We work for what we want. I always say that one has no right ... AUNG SAN SUU KYI Life is precious and it's what you do with it that keeps you alive on the inside.It's not enough jus... DEMI LOVATO What we're saying is that downtown is still a wonderful place to work and live, and we felt that the... DENNIS SPEIGEL I think it must be awful not to work. My only point in being idle is to rest so that I can work more... BETTY FIELD May we never let the things we can't have, or don't have, or shouldn't have, spoil our enjoyment of ... RICHARD L. EVANS We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our d... ALVAR AALTO These are children we and the schools work with every day, but they're failing because they need one... VERNON WALTERS One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his... THOMAS ALVA EDISON Everyone is the Umbrella Man and he is everyone. Every cough, sneeze, smile and wave means both ever... CRAIG CLEVENGER We should not blame people by the mistakes of others. DANIEL MELGAçO Working at the high school and dealing with many of the local parents, hopefully, we can take back t... DEAN WILLIAMS We should not, in 2006, still have individuals beaten because of the color of their skin. But we do.... BLANCHE HUGHES As we grow up, it feels like you should either invite people into your life or not. There should be ... SLOANE CROSLEY I believe we can see the future because some part of us responds to the fact that past, present, and... BRIAN L. WEISS, M.D. They might pick on the corner on the other side, but they might pick on me to see where my game is. ... DARRELLE REVIS If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others. FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD [For one thing, the man of the hour is a cartoon.] We tend to work very closely with our clients, ..... FRED DUST Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better tha... KHALIL GIBRAN Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better tha... KAHLIL GIBRAN And if you cannot work with love but only with distate, it is better that you should leave your work... KAHLIL GIBRAN The renewal of our natures is a work of great importance. It is not to be done in a day. We have not... GEORGE WHITEFIELD So long as we do not know definitely what we want, our forces will be scattered, and so long as our ... CHRISTIAN D. LARSON When we can say no not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profit... CHARLES A. STODDARD I'm just saying we can all work on our manners. We can say please and thank you. We can be punctual.... ELLEN DEGENERES I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f... ARZELL This is like Canada versus U.S.A. in North America. This feels good (to get to the final), but we ca... AKI BERG Some things seem to be viewed in similar ways by many people, and I think we should take another loo... JULIA WOODMAN Pleasure cannot be shared; like Pain, it can only be experienced or inflicted, and when we give plea... ALDOUS HUXLEY Pleasure cannot be shared; like Pain, it can only be experienced or inflicted, and when we give Plea... ALDOUS HUXLEY This was one of our goals. This is what we wanted, to bring Villanova back (to national prominence).... RANDY FOYE That is, we are bombarded by all kinds of images and influences and we have to fend some of them off... ROBERT JAY LIFTON We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our pas... HENRY JAMES We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our pa... HENRY JAMES We work in the dark, We do what we can, We give what we have, Our doubt is our passion, And our pass... HENRY JAMES Let us hope that what happened can bring us together but we should not rest until there is lasting p... BETHWEL KIPLAGAT I think we have a creative impulse where suffering can magnify our work, but so can joy. You can be ... PATTI SMITH We scarcely know how much of our pleasure and interest in life comes to us through our eyes until we... URSULA K. LE GUIN You should not think too much on things that do not work in your life, this can affect the gears of ... DAVI OLIVEIRA No one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws, and love our traditions should ever feel unwe... NIKKI HALEY Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever do... BIBLE Intuition directs us to take the appropriate path to be successful in what we happen to do...But, ta... NISHI DE SILVA I think I'm about the only one on this team who has ever been to Birmingham and seen what it looks l... WILLIAM BROWN Prose Poems from my book SPAN OBSERVATION So, we may not be able to explain th... JAY WOODMAN May we never let the things we can’t have, or don’t have, or shouldn’t have, spoil our enjoyme... RICHARD L. EVANS Our lives are so important to us that we tend to think the story of them begins with our birth. Firs... DIANE SETTERFIELD We're still in the process of evaluating overall whether this system is going to work for us and if ... JOSHUA KAUFMAN Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL [All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as m... WENDELL BERRY What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us fro... THOMAS MERTON What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from... THOMAS MERTON
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TIMOTHY SIMONS Online I see people committing 'social media suicide' all the time by one of two ways. First... TIMOTHY FERRISS The only agency of the federal government with a more demoralized workforce than Homeland Security i... TIMOTHY NOAH The world is likely to view any temporary extension of the income tax cuts for the top two percent a... TIMOTHY GEITHNER We judged that a sudden, disorderly failure of Bear would have brought with it unpredictable but sev... TIMOTHY GEITHNER Whenever a president nominates somebody to a high-profile post, there is always the risk that some s... TIMOTHY NOAH This crisis is not simply a more severe version of the usual business cycle recession, the typical d... TIMOTHY GEITHNER I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses. TIMOTHY FERRISS Turn on, Tune in, Drop out. TIMOTHY LEARY It is very important for people to understand that the United States of America and no country aroun... TIMOTHY GEITHNER I am pleased that the President has signed an Executive Order this week requiring federal agencies t... TIMOTHY MURPHY The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to govern... TIMOTHY NOAH With so much to be aware of, awareness bracelets have reverted to signifying nothing more than color... TIMOTHY NOAH I have scary eyes. I look like the guy in 'American History X,' yes. I remember coming home ... TIMOTHY FERRISS In 1968 the Arts Council managed to get a grant from the treasury to buy up a lot of derelict tourin... TIMOTHY WEST As far as income goes, there are three currencies in the world; most people ignore two. The three cu... TIMOTHY FERRISS There are three side effects of acid. Enchanced long term memory, decreased short term memory, and I... TIMOTHY LEARY In removing the friction involved in paying bills, electronic billing has substantially increased th... TIMOTHY NOAH Short term memory loss equals long term memory gain TIMOTHY LEARY Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. TIMOTHY LEARY The classical writers... playwrights, Jacobean, Elizabethan playwrights, all showed areas of all cla... TIMOTHY WEST The argument most commonly made in the filibuster's favor is crudely partisan: 'Our side may... TIMOTHY NOAH There needs to be more pressure on the Mexican government to stop the drugs and illegal immigrants o... TIMOTHY MURPHY Federal law prohibits anyone convicted of a felony from owning a gun. Seems like kind of a good idea... TIMOTHY NOAH Not only was there a John Doe No. 2, TIMOTHY MCVEIGH John Doe No. 2 . TIMOTHY MCVEIGH I explain this not for publicity, nor seeking to win an argument of right or wrong, I explain so tha... TIMOTHY MCVEIGH just keep your sense of humor and be yourself. TIMOTHY MCVEIGH Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people b... TIMOTHY MCVEIGH I didn't say that ... but they didn't prove it. TIMOTHY MCVEIGH The Pentagon got fed up with its recruits getting ripped off by payday lenders and in 2007 got Congr... TIMOTHY NOAH I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of... TIMOTHY FERRISS The House of Representatives eliminated the filibuster way back in the 19th century, and somehow it ... TIMOTHY NOAH This crisis exposed very significant problems in the financial systems of the United States and some... TIMOTHY GEITHNER I saw a guy being really abusive to his girlfriend. She was asking people to help, but no one would.... TIMOTHY HUTTON The only time we got sugary cereal was when my mom went away for the weekend and she bought us Frost... TIMOTHY OLYPHANT I was born tall. I was awkward and gangly. Before that, I was a really chubby elementary school kid.... TIMOTHY SIMONS There's no shortage of Democrats who are at least as committed as Schwarzenegger to reducing gre... TIMOTHY NOAH You need to have a redesign because familiarity breeds a kind of complacency. TIMOTHY WHITE To be functionally fluent in a language, for instance, in most cases you need about 1,200 words. To ... TIMOTHY FERRISS World barista champions use the AeroPress to make coffee on the folding tray tables of airplanes. TIMOTHY FERRISS I'm very much in favor of vaccinations, and I've been very vocal about that because it's... TIMOTHY SIMONS The doomsayers of the 1970s were wrong about how quickly the world would run out of oil, but not abo... TIMOTHY NOAH