"Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade." ― John Ruskin Topic(s): Work Tags: cannot More From John Ruskin "There is no wealth but life." "All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul." "To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education." More In Work "The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don’t have to work hard."― Jack Welch "I’m going to work so that it’s a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it."― Steve Prefontaine "Never follow somebody else’s path; it doesn’t work the same way twice for anyone… the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way."― J. Michael Straczynski