“It is said that [Robin Hood] fought against the looting rulers and returned the loot to those who had been robbed, but that is not the meaning of the legend which has survived. He is remembered, not as a champion of property, but as a champion of need, not as a defender of the robbed, [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘wealth’
July 10, 2009
Francisco d’Anconia on Money
“So you think that money is the root of all evil? … Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to [...]
June 28, 2007
N.T. Wright on Distribution of Wealth
“It doesn’t take a Ph.D. in macroeconomics to know that if the rich are getting richer by the minute, and the poor poorer, there is something badly wrong.”
– N.T. Wright, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense, chapter 1
June 27, 2007
Donald Miller on Happiness
“…the times in my life when I have been most happy haven’t been the times when I’ve had the most money or the most freedom or the most anything, but rather when I’ve been in love or in community or right with people.”
– Donald Miller, Searching for God Knows What, chapter 1
June 27, 2007
Franklin Roosevelt on Happiness
“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money, it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”
– Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Inaugural Address, 4 March 1933
