There is no labor in which we engage but that there is a spirit telling us, 'Oh, you do not need to do that; it is a waste of time, and you ought to be engaged in something else.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Where the whole man is involved there is no work. Work begins with the division of labor.
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.
There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.
Labor, in itself, is neither elevating or otherwise. It is the laborer's privilege to ennoble his work by the aim with which he undertakes it, and by the enthusiasm and faithfulness he puts into it.
There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.
Organised religion, organised anything, requires commitment and requires an engagement with something. A lot of the time, we don't want to commit.
Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your heart be employed, as much as possible, in divine thoughts.
Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.
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