Man is a luxury-loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough to obtain a bare subsistence. A society becomes stagnant when its people are too rational or too serious to be tempted by baubles.
Eric HofferMen of thought seldom work well together, whereas between men of action there is usually an easy camaraderie.
Eric Hoffer