In Praise of Idleness
Work, now, demanded to be seen as the real point of existence; leisure was merely an opportunity for recovery and replenishment, for the purposes of further work.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Aristotle argued that true leisure—by which he meant self-reflection and philosophical contemplation—was among the very highest of virtues because it was worth choosing for its own sake, whereas other virtues, like courage in war, or noble behavior in government, were virtuous only because they led to something else. The Latin word for business, ne... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
The modern man thinks that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for its own sake.