Work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. Almost any evil you'd care to name comes from working or from living in a world designed for work. In order to stop suffering, we have to stop…

Quote by Bob Black

Topics: Labor Quotes, Misery Quotes, Suffering Quotes, Work Quotes

Play is always voluntary. What might otherwise be play is work if it's forced.

Play is always voluntary. What might otherwise be play is work if it's forced.

I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance. Play isn't...

I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance. Play isn't...

Liberals say we should end employment discrimination. I say we should end employment.

Liberals say we should end employment discrimination. I say we should end employment.

People aren't as stupid as the politicians think. More and more of us are laughing...

People aren't as stupid as the politicians think. More and more of us are laughing...

The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps.

The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps.

It is now possible to abolish work and replace it, insofar as it serves useful...

It is now possible to abolish work and replace it, insofar as it serves useful...

Play is always voluntary. What might otherwise be play is work if it's forced.

Play is always voluntary. What might otherwise be play is work if it's forced.

Liberals say we should end employment discrimination. I say we should end employment.

Liberals say we should end employment discrimination. I say we should end employment.

Law is any application for the official use of coercion that succeeds.

Law is any application for the official use of coercion that succeeds.

I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance.

I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance.

What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less...

What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less...

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

LABOR PAINS BUT PAYS.

LABOR PAINS BUT PAYS.

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in...

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in...

The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.

The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

. . . when the farm workers strike and their strike is successful, the employers...

. . . when the farm workers strike and their strike is successful, the employers...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

When we talk about equal pay for equal work, women in the workplace are beginning...

When we talk about equal pay for equal work, women in the workplace are beginning...

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at...

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at...

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers suffering or dying in connection with unwanted...

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers suffering or dying in connection with unwanted...

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious...

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious...