“Three forms of asceticism have existed in this weak world. – Religious asceticism, being the refusal of pleasure and knowledge for the sake, as supposed, of religion; seen chiefly in the middle ages. – Military asceticism, being the refusal of pleasure and knowledge for the sake of power; seen chiefly in the early days of Sparta and Rome. – And monetary asceticism, consisting in the refusal of pleasure and knowledge for the sake of money; seen in the present days of London and Manchester.”
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John Ruskin
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do to much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it. Continue reading John Ruskin