Money Quotes
Wealth, poverty, and everything the ledger can and can't measure.
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"Money is the universal commodity."Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
"Wealth is worthless if not used in service of moral ends."Kant, Immanuel
"The more you own, the more it owns you."Kierkegaard, Søren
"The more you have, the more you are occupied. The more you are occupied the less you give. The less you give, the less you get. The less you get, the less you are."Kierkegaard, Søren
"The greatest wealth is the wealth of understanding."Berkeley, George
"Money is not the measure of all things."Locke, John
"Money is a tool, not a master."Leibniz, Gottfried
"Money gained dishonestly brings misery."Leibniz, Gottfried
"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone."Kant, Immanuel
"Money is a tool for freedom, not its substitute."Spinoza, Baruch
"Whoever loves money will never be satisfied with money."Maimonides
"Money is a tool, not a master."Maimonides
"Money is not the absolute good; it is only the instrument of pleasure."Hume, David
"Covetousness is both the beginning and the avenue to all other vices."Locke, John
"Greed is the root of all evil."Avicenna
"A person who loves money will never be satisfied with money."Maimonides
"Wealth obtained through injustice brings curses, not blessings."Maimonides
"Money is a tool, not an end in itself."Leibniz, Gottfried
"Money should flow as naturally as water to its proper uses."Leibniz, Gottfried
"Money is not, properly speaking, one of the subjects of commerce; but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of their commodities."Hume, David
"Money is the sinews of action."Descartes, René
"Money is a barren thing, and produces nothing of itself."Locke, John
"Money is a means, not an end; wisdom is both."Al-Ghazali
"Money multiplies only through right intention and honest effort."Al-Ghazali
"The pursuit of money without limit leads to the poverty of the soul."Avicenna
"The truly wealthy person is one satisfied with their portion."Maimonides
"Money is a tool; it reveals character in how one uses it."Maimonides
"Money is a good servant but a terrible master."Al-Ghazali
"Money is a tool; wisdom is knowing how to use it."Avicenna
"The pursuit of money without wisdom is the pursuit of misery."Locke, John