"Somewhere along the way we've gotten the message that the more we struggle and the more we suffer, the more valuable we will become and the more successful we'll eventually be. And so we overwork ours..."
- Kate Northrup
"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 trying to justify our existence."
- Josef Pieper
"Overworking leads to exhaustion."
- Lailah Gifty Akita
"O Lord saves us from overworking! Grant us grace to rest awhile."
"In the grief that comes with recognizing what happened to us, we often feel there is nowhere to turn for solace…We do things to keep it away, such as becoming overly busy or using drugs or alcohol to ..."
- Maureen Brady
"Many of us learned that keeping busy…kept us at a distance from our feelings...Some of us took the ways we busied ourselves—becoming overachievers & workaholics—as self esteem…But whenever our inner f..."
"Overwork can cause a break down."