Work and Workers

"Surely, life is not merely a job, an occupation; life is wide and profound, it is a great mystery, a vast realm in which we function as human beings. If we merely prepare ourselves to earn a livelihood, we shall miss the whole point of life; and to understand life is much more important than merely to prepare for examinations and become very proficient in mathematics, physics, or what you will."

from "The Function of Education"
by Jiddu Krishnamurti

"Our culture is superficial today, and our knowledge dangerous, because we are rich in mechanisms and poor in purpose"

"The skills we need the most are the skills of morality- the soul and the spittle to accept and to share decently, even nobly, even more graciously, a common human calling and a common human fate."

Will Durant