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I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer. -
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The search for the good life, which so often is defined in terms of “things” and the means to get as many “things” as possible, has turned into a dead end as more and more people have more and more. -
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Many economic fallacies are due to conceiving of economic activity as a zero-sum contest, in which what is gained by one is lost by another. This in turn is often due to ignoring the fact that wealth ... -
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How do we overcome the spiritual “power” of money? Not by accumulating more money, not by using money for good purposes, not by being just and fair in our dealings. The law of money is the law o... -
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An attitude to life which seeks fulfillment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, whil... -
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And so it is that when a man walks along a road, the lighter he travels, the happier he is; equally, on this journey of life, a man is more blessed if he does not pant beneath a burden of riches. -
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Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking, it is not well for the children that... -
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When Jesus warns us not to store up treasures on earth, it’s not just because wealth might be lost; it’s because wealth will always be lost. Either it leaves us while we live, or we leave it when we d... -
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“Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail... -
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When we find worth by our affluence, it promises rest but brings stress, increasing demands, and a greater devotion to a god that will never love us and always forsake us. -
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A social order bent on producing wealth as an end in itself cannot avoid the creation of a people whose souls are superficial and whose daily life is captured by sentimentalities. They will ask questi... -
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The last ten years, Americans have reported a steady decline in overall life satisfaction, despite the fact that average income per capita increased by 5.5 percent. We got richer, but became less happ... -
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I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the ma... -
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Peace is a fruit of the Spirit, not a byproduct of accumulated wealth. -
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. -
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Hold material goods and wealth on a flat palm and not in a clenched fist. -
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For what good would their prosperity do them if it did not provide them with the opportunity for good works? -
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Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become. -
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Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. -
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If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone. -
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The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it. -
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Religion begat prosperity and the daughter devoured the mother. -
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The deep and dark tragedy of affluence is how it takes away curiosity, how it accepts the world as it is, how it conforms to the talking points of empire and Pharaohs. -
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In 2008 the CEO of Walmart made as much in one hour as many of his full-time employees made in a year. Are some people really worth that much more than others? We would most likely say no, but our eco... -
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Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty. -
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There are two ways to be rich in life: have what you want or want what you have. -
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If we believe heaven to be our country, it is better for us to transmit our wealth thither, than to retain it here, where we may lose it by a sudden removal. -
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Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits. -
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Where riches hold the dominion of the heart, God has lost His authority. -
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The poorest man I know is the man who has nothing but money.
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