Love, Life & Work: Being a Book of Opinions, Reasonably Good-natvred, Concerning how to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to OthersThe Roycrofters, 1906 - 149 pages |
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Page 50
... peace . Go outside and find a man and hire him - never mind the salary if he can man the position - wages are always relative to earning power . This will be the only way you can really man your ship . As for Civil Service Rules - rules ...
... peace . Go outside and find a man and hire him - never mind the salary if he can man the position - wages are always relative to earning power . This will be the only way you can really man your ship . As for Civil Service Rules - rules ...
Page 75
... peace . They are the happiest who have the least ; and the fable of the stricken king and the shirtless beggar contains the germ of truth . The wise hold all earthly ties very lightly - they are stripping for eternity . World ...
... peace . They are the happiest who have the least ; and the fable of the stricken king and the shirtless beggar contains the germ of truth . The wise hold all earthly ties very lightly - they are stripping for eternity . World ...
Page 77
... peace , and love . All normal men and women crave such periods ; and Bernard Shaw says that we reach them through strong tea , tobacco , whiskey , opium , love , art or religion . I think Bernard Shaw a cynic , but there is a glimmer of ...
... peace , and love . All normal men and women crave such periods ; and Bernard Shaw says that we reach them through strong tea , tobacco , whiskey , opium , love , art or religion . I think Bernard Shaw a cynic , but there is a glimmer of ...
Page 79
... peace with his Maker ; and a formal religion also tends to satisfy the sense of sublimity where the man has failed to find satisfaction in his work . Voltaire says , “ When woman no longer finds herself acceptable to man , she turns to ...
... peace with his Maker ; and a formal religion also tends to satisfy the sense of sublimity where the man has failed to find satisfaction in his work . Voltaire says , “ When woman no longer finds herself acceptable to man , she turns to ...
Page 80
... peace with themselves , at peace with man and with God . But any man chained to a hopeless task , whose daily work does not express himself , who is dogged by a boss , whenever he gets a moment of respite turns to drink or religion ...
... peace with themselves , at peace with man and with God . But any man chained to a hopeless task , whose daily work does not express himself , who is dogged by a boss , whenever he gets a moment of respite turns to drink or religion ...
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