Home » Quote » Aristotle » „All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.“ „All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.“ — Aristotle Related quotes „I’ve seen people who discovered a great meaning in their jobs and they became so absorbed in that that they didn’t have time to become self-centered. They loved their job.“ — Jr. „Knowledge must be so absorbed into the mind that it ceases to exist in a separate, objective way.“ — Carl von Clausewitz „If one watches whence the notion ‘I’ arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas. When a mantra is repeated, if one watches whence that mantra sound arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas.“ — Ramana Maharshi „That people even in well paid jobs choose ever earlier retirement is a severe indictment of our organizations -- not just business, but government service, the universities. These people don't find their jobs interesting.“ — Peter F. Drucker „If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.“ — Charles Bukowski