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 The uselessness of men above sixty years of age and the 
incalculable benefit it would be in commercial, in read more 
 The uselessness of men above sixty years of age and the 
incalculable benefit it would be in commercial, in political, and 
in professional life, if as a matter of course, men stopped work 
at this age. 
If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y read more
If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.
 The work under our labour grows
 Luxurious by restraint.  
 The work under our labour grows
 Luxurious by restraint. 
 But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and 
pen,
 We will work for ourself read more 
 But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and 
pen,
 We will work for ourself and a woman, for ever and ever, Amen. 
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three read more
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.
Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.
 Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
 And yet he semed bisier than he was.  
 Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
 And yet he semed bisier than he was. 
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, read more
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.