People never seemed to notice that, by saving time, they were losing something else. No one cared to admit that life was becoming ever poorer, bleaker and more monotonous... But time is life itself. And the more people saved, the less they had.Michael Ende
The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.Ernest Dimnet
Sooner or later, the great men turn out to be all alike. They never stop working. They never lose a minute. It is very depressing.V. S. Pritchett