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Quotes from Leisure: The Basis of Culture — Josef Pieper

1904–1997 Germany

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In our bourgeois Western world total labor has vanquished leisure. Unless we regain the art of silence and insight, the ability for non-activity, unless we substitute true leisure for our hectic amusements, we will destroy our culture—and ourselves.

Leisure: The Basis of Culture (1948)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Josef Pieper (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.