Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Edward Carpenter Quotes: What is the good of life if its chief element, and that which must always be its chief element, is odious? No, the only true economy is to arrange so that your daily labor shall be itself a joy.
         

What is the good of life if its chief element, and that which must always be its chief element, is odious? No, the only true economy is to arrange so that your daily labor shall be itself a joy.


Edward Carpenter
Check all other quotes by Edward Carpenter

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Edward Carpenter Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sat. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/What-is-the-good-of-life-if-544651>.





Check out


Other quotes of Edward Carpenter


I was in the Square at the time. The crowd was a most good-humoured, easy going, smiling crowd; but presently it was transformed. A regiment of mounted police came cantering up.

I was in the Square at the time. The crowd was a most good-humoured, easy going, smiling crowd; but presently it was transformed. A regiment of mounted police came cantering up.



And where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds came to listen with serious and sympathetic mien.

And where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds came to listen with serious and sympathetic mien.



Let your mind be quiet, realizing the beauty of the world, and the immense boundless treasures that it holds.

Let your mind be quiet, realizing the beauty of the world, and the immense boundless treasures that it holds.



IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.

IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.



Remember, the serpent is still living in the Garden of Eden. Only the heterosexual couple was expelled.

Remember, the serpent is still living in the Garden of Eden. Only the heterosexual couple was expelled.



We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day.

We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day.



I saw deep in the eyes of the animals, the human soul look out upon me.

I saw deep in the eyes of the animals, the human soul look out upon me.



Motherhood is, after all, woman's great and incomparable work.

Motherhood is, after all, woman's great and incomparable work.



I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.

I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.



My ideas had been taking a socialistic shape for many years; but they were lacking in definite outline.

My ideas had been taking a socialistic shape for many years; but they were lacking in definite outline.





Other quotes you may like


These women, these Shark Tank Mompreneurs are so passionate about what they created and what they are doing, and that just shines through. That's a major reason why they nailed their audition.

These women, these Shark Tank Mompreneurs are so passionate about what they created and what they are doing, and that just shines through. That's a major reason why they nailed their audition.



I'll never get sick of raising my children, but other people might get sick of them.

I'll never get sick of raising my children, but other people might get sick of them.



Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can

Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can



We have this exploding prison population. We have the equivalent of martial law on a day-to-day, 24/7-hour basis in our cities, because we have not heard the cry for help by young people in 1967.

We have this exploding prison population. We have the equivalent of martial law on a day-to-day, 24/7-hour basis in our cities, because we have not heard the cry for help by young people in 1967.



Work really hard, think carefuly about how you spend every penny, and be absolutely true to your own vision of your clothes and your brand. It has to be personal.

Work really hard, think carefuly about how you spend every penny, and be absolutely true to your own vision of your clothes and your brand. It has to be personal.



I think I'm more prolific in the songwriting.

I think I'm more prolific in the songwriting.



Are people who want this kind of progressive change not turning up at polling stations? Are they not voting for progressive representatives? It's hard to put your finger on why we are where we are.

Are people who want this kind of progressive change not turning up at polling stations? Are they not voting for progressive representatives? It's hard to put your finger on why we are where we are.



Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.



Is is seldom possible to say of the medievals that they *always* did one thing and *never* another; they were marvelously inconsistent.

Is is seldom possible to say of the medievals that they *always* did one thing and *never* another; they were marvelously inconsistent.



I might be a dork, but I don't want to be a jerk.

I might be a dork, but I don't want to be a jerk.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "What is the good of life if its chief element, and that which must always be its chief element, is odious? No, the only true economy is to arrange so that your daily labor shall be itself a joy.". Author of this quote is Edward Carpenter. This quote is about joy, coaching, elements, labor, life, economy,.