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Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin. -- Desiderius Erasmus
Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. -- Frank Herbert
I feel that the single-minded pursuit of wealth has led the middle classes into a crisis, -- Rana Dasgupta
This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. -- Frank Herbert
If this is not done, future ages will certainly look back upon us as a people so immersed in the pursuit of wealth as to be blind to higher considerations. -- Alfred Russel Wallace
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An attitude to life which seeks fulfilment in thesingle-minded pursuit of wealth - in short, materialism - does not fit into thisworld, because it contains within itself no limiting principle, while theenvironment in which it is placed is strictly limited. -- Ernst F. Schumacher
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, while the environment in which it is placed is strictly limited. -- E. F. Schumacher
Like many works of literature, Hollywood chooses for its villains people who strive for social dominance through the pursuit of wealth, prestige, and power. But the ordinary business of capitalism is much more egalitarian: It's about finding meaning and enjoyment in work and production. -- Alex Tabarrok
The collapse of the Tower of Babel is perhaps the central urban myth. It is certainly the most disquieting. In Babylon, the great city that fascinated and horrified the Biblical writers, people of different races and languages, drawn together in pursuit of wealth, tried for the first time to live together - and failed. -- Neil MacGregor
I'm convinced after spending three weeks in China and Tibet, unless the United States gets its act together, our grandchildren will be living in a world dominated by the People's Republic. China is simply inexorable in its pursuit of wealth, growth and power. It cares little about human rights, democracy, labor protections, fair trade rules or the environment. It is relentless in advancing its national interests. -- Mort Kondracke
How should we begin to make amends for raising a generation obsessed with the pursuit of material wealth and indifferent to so much else? -- Tony Judt
Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order. -- Johan Huizinga
the engrossing pursuit of Americans is wealth. -- Sarah Josepha Hale
Happiness is not in wealth or splendor, but in passion, perception, and pursuit. -- Debasish Mridha
Generations of human beings were transformed into machines in the relentless pursuit of material wealth: We lived to work. -- Jeremy Rifkin
Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness. -- Thomas Jefferson
It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals. -- Helen Fielding
This is a new phase in history where art, science, business and spirit will join together in the pursuit of true wealth. -- James Altucher

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