Josef Pieper Quote

The inmost significance of the exaggerated value which is set upon hard work appears to be this: man seems to mistrust everything that is effortless; he can only enjoy, with a good conscience, what he has acquired with toil and trouble; he refused to have anything as a gift.


Leisure: The Basis of Culture ; The Philosophical Act (ed. Ignatius Press, 2009) - ISBN: 9781586172565


The inmost significance of the exaggerated value which is set upon hard work appears to be this: man seems to mistrust everything that is effortless; ...

The inmost significance of the exaggerated value which is set upon hard work appears to be this: man seems to mistrust everything that is effortless; ...

The inmost significance of the exaggerated value which is set upon hard work appears to be this: man seems to mistrust everything that is effortless; ...

The inmost significance of the exaggerated value which is set upon hard work appears to be this: man seems to mistrust everything that is effortless; ...