Quotes by Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis Of Culture

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Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of t — Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis Of Culture
It is possible to pray in such a way that one does not transcend the world, in such a way that the divine is degraded to — Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis Of Culture
The inmost significance of the exaggerated value which is set upon hard work appears to be this: man seems to mistrust e — Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis Of Culture
The vacancy left by absence of worship is filled by mere killing of time and by boredom, which is directly related to in — Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis Of Culture
Divine worship means the same thing where time is concerned, as the temple where space is concerned. "Temple" means... t — Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis Of Culture
A man who needs the unusual to make him "wonder" shows that he has lost the capacity to find the true answer to the wond — Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis Of Culture