Echoes

The man who dies rich dies disgraced.

Gain all you can, save all you can, give all you can.

Virtue is the root; wealth is the result.

Thus is the problem of Rich and Poor to be solved. The laws of accumulation will be left free; the laws of distribution free. Individualism will continue, but the millionaire will be but a trustee of the poor; intrusted for a season with a great part of the increased wealth of the community, but administering it for the community far better than it could or would have done for itself. (pp. 663-664)

Such, in my opinion, is the true Gospel concerning Wealth, obedience to which is destined some day to solve the problem of the Rich and the Poor, and to bring "Peace on earth, among men Good Will."

Wealth and honor are what every man desires. But if they have been obtained in violation of moral principles, they must not be kept.

That is not riches, which may be lost; virtue is our true good and the true reward of its possessor. That cannot be lost; that never deserts us, but when life leaves us. As to property and external riches, hold them with trembling; they often leave their possessor in contempt, and mocked at for having lost them.

He is richest who is content with the least, for contentment is the wealth of nature.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken stronger hold on the affections of men, and where the profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property.

If you live according to nature, you will never be poor; if you live according to opinion, you will never be rich.

The gentleman understands what is moral. The small man understands what is profitable.

It is the preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

If you wish to make Pythocles wealthy, don't give him more money; rather, reduce his desires.

The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.

More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.

We are here to add what we can to, not to get what we can from, Life.

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth.

Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point aren't wise. The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is. The Tao nourishes by not forcing. By not dominating, the Master leads.