Work Quotes

"Labor is the most natural of all things, yet it is through labor that we become human."

"Work gives meaning to life."

"Work is our co-creation with the infinite."

"Work is the fundamental way through which we participate in the shared world with others."

"The work we do shapes the people we become."

"Work that aligns with purpose is never truly burdensome."

"The deed is not the object of will, but its work."

"The work of man is not to understand the world but to change it."

"Words are tools; we must understand their proper use and function."

"Rules do not determine their own application; practice does."

"Philosophy is not a doctrine but an activity."

"A name is a tool with a specific function in the language game."

"Every word is a tool with a handle to grip; we must understand its proper use."

"Labor must be organized as a contact with pure matter."

"The factory worker is treated as a mere tool of production."

"Work without rest leads to the death of the spirit."

"Slavery began when humans decided labor was beneath dignity."

"Work without passion is merely the passing of time."

"Work is how we participate in the world's continued becoming."

"Work becomes sacred when done in service of meaning."

"The demand for the creation of jobs demands that we should ever increase production; that is to say, we should steadily increase our consumption."

"Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the Earth's surface; second, telling other people to do so."

"The danger in all bureaucracy is its potential for dehumanizing those it serves."

"Homo faber, the working animal, has become the lord of the earth."

"The greatest danger in our time is the reduction of human beings to functions."

"The work is never finished; it only abandons itself."

"The work destroys the worker even as it creates."

"The worker's body becomes an instrument, and the worker ceases to be a person."

"To work with integrity means to work as though for eternity."

"Work is noble when it is done with purpose and integrity."