[That for so many work is not a conscious choice but something that] happens ... work is not the curse, drudgery is.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.

We should so live and labor in our times that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go to them as fruit. This expresses the true spirit in the love of mankind.

Now comes the mystery. (His last words)