Modern man thinks he loses something time when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains except kill it. (Erich Fromm)

Modern man thinks he loses something time when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains except kill it.

Erich Fromm

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