Civilization & Its Discontents

Happy Work

“The daily work of earning a livelihood affords particular satisfaction when it has been selected by free choice. And yet as a path to happiness work is not valued very highly by men. They do not run at it as they do after other opportunities for gratification. The great majority work only when forced by necessity, and this natural human aversion to work gives rise to the most difficult social problem .”

-Sigmond Freud