Work is the only thing that gives substances to live

It’s difficult to totally agree or disagree with the statement that work is the only thing that gives substances to live . It is very important and plays a big role in our lives but we shouldn’t put it on the highest position in the hierarchy of our values.
Living without work is impossible. We must earn money to satisfy our basic needs, to buy food and pay taxes. Moreover good job gives us a lot of satisfaction. Successes at work motivates us, especially if somebody approves us. It’s impossible to divide home and work so we have to find golden mean to reconcile social and professional life.
There are people who work to live, but there are also people who live to work. For example Japanese people. They cannot live without work. When they are on holidays they feel like traitors and when they are retired they feel very lost, because for them work is a basic meaning of life. These days more and more people become victims of work holism. Can you imagine life based only on work? For them it’s not a problem, because workaholics don’t see how much they lost. They spend their whole time for work. Their private life is nothing. The sad truth is that they don’t realize that spending 15 hours or more at work is not normal.
Its’ very interesting that Albert Einstein is the author of the statement, because as I know, his work was the only thing that he has done properly. He wasn’t neither an ideal father nor a good husband (he was a bigamist and has a lot of romances).
To sum up, in my opinion there are more important things in life than work such as love, friendship and health. It must be admitted that work is only a great completion to them. What’s a pity that not everyone agree with me.