This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
You cannot love money and your brethren at the same time.
Teresa of Avila, aka Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada NULL
I believe that honor and money nearly always go together… Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised by it.
For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money.
Appetite | Comfort | Fun | Health | Honor | Intelligence | Knowledge | Money | Peace | Pleasure | Quiet |
Jackie Gleason, born John Herbert Gleason
The greatest waste of money is to keep it.
You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.
There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.
Art | Government | Money | People | Government | Art |
All acts of charity or giving are valuable only inasmuch as they recognize the true dignity of those toward whom the contribution is directed. Any money or time given to another without recognizing their full equality, is as chaff in the wind, and serves only the mockery of the ego. Pity or sorrow is never a worthy reason for charity, for it only reinforces the bondage of the giver and the recipient. Real charity is never a giving, but always a sharing. He who gives as a giver remains half; he who shares, knows wholeness.
Charity | Dignity | Ego | Equality | Giving | Mockery | Money | Pity | Reason | Sorrow | Time | Wholeness |
Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence.
Enthusiasm | Influence | Money | Power | World |