The pursuit of stuff, status, and happiness

“I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.”

[Worship of money] causes men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. This is the danger forever threatening our capitalistic economy which places so much emphasis on the profit motive…. There is the danger in such a system that men will become so involved in the money getting process that they will unconsciously forget to