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...the only means to well-being is to increase the quantity of products. This is what business aims at.
...the only means to well-being is to increase the quantity of products. This is what business aims at.
Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.
Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.
In the midst of life we are in debt.
In the midst of life we are in debt.
What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us read more
What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.
Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns read more
Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns of training people for that behavior, which tend on balance to lead people to create rather than destroy. Humans are, on net balance, builders rather than destroyers.
Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information read more
Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.
Sell cheap and tell the truth.
Sell cheap and tell the truth.
The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.
The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, read more
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
