Love, Life and Work

by Fra Elbert Hubbard

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Genres: Nonfiction, Classics, Philosophy

156 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 1998

Reviews

[Jay Dawkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hubbard was a hippy before hippies existed. He paints a portrait of a life lived in harmony with one's fellow man, doing work worth doing.

[Mohammed omran · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Every religion is made up of two elements that never mix any more than oil and water mix. A religion is a mechanical mixture, not a chemical combination, of morality and dogma. Dogma is the science of the unseen: the doctrine of the unknown and unknowable. And in order to give this science plausibility, its promulgators have always fastened upon it morality. Morality can and does exist entirely separate and apart from dogma, but dogma is ever a parasite on morality, and the business of the priest is to confuse the two.

But morality and religion never saponify. Morality is simply the question of expressing your life forces—how to use them? You have so much energy; and what will you do with it? And from out the multitude there have always been men to step forward and give you advice for a consideration. Without their supposed influence with the unseen we might not accept their interpretation of what is right and wrong. But with the assurance that their advice is backed up by Deity, followed with an offer of reward if we believe it, and a threat of dire punishment if we do not, the Self-appointed Superior[…]”

[Priyanka · Rating 4 out of 5]

The extended title of this book is self explanatory. “Love, Life & Work: Being a Book of Opinions, Reasonably Good-natured, Concerning how to Attain the Highest Happiness for One’s Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others”. It has stories that view things from a perspective that we are aware of but are not in our focus.

[Gibran Taulana · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is very good

[Yaman · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a young man as myself i found a lot of the ideas included in this book to be very convincing and thoughtful..
Yet still there were disagreements between me and the writer “as anything in this world” and there were some essays to be kind of dreamy or utopian.
In general I guess that i found a lot of ideas that fits exactly in the complicated-type of mind like mine..

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

After visiting the Roycroft Inn in East Aurora NY and learning the history of the area, it seems natural to read something written by the town’s famous citizen. The essays are typical of his era and the high esteem that men had of themselves. The booklet and thoughts can be compared to Benjamin Franklin. However, not as well written or interesting as BF.

[erian reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Happiness is only attainable through useful effort; that the very best way to help ourselves is to help others, and often the best way to help others is to mind our own business” INDEED! 👏🏼 Another literary work with such great content! 🫶🏼

[Agustiuddin M · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Do your work to-day, doing it the best you can, and live one day at a
time. The man that does this is conserving his God-given energy, and not
spinning it out into tenuous spider threads so fragile and filmy that
unkind Fate will probably brush it away.”

A good read…

[Anu B · Rating 1 out of 5]

I expected a lot
But not a lot was received or given

[amaaa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A light read. I usually read this whenever i'm on my way heading to somewhere. The life lesson's are easily absorbed and most of them are relevant to be hold onto in this modern day.

[Nora · Rating 3 out of 5]

some sensible words have been said yet i’m still bedrotting wasting my summer and life away