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"Isn't materialism the cause of much that is evil in the land of mortal souls?"
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"Riches bring only problems and sorrows to people."

"What good is money if it can't buy happiness?"

"It is quite unfortunate when you think about the amount of money some people spend unnecessarily just to be labeled as being "important" or "relevant" in the public eye."

"If the only thing keeping your partner in relationship with you is your money, then be prepared to lose that person to someone else with more money than you."

"Money gives you permission to just walk away from everything that isn't pretty and perfect. You can't put up with anything less than lovely. You spend your life running, avoiding, escaping."

"He had allowed the advertisers to multiply his wants; he had learned to equate happiness with possessions, and prosperity with money to spend in a shop."

"Instead of loving people and using money, people often love money and use people."

"Mysterious money had stood to him as the symbol of earthly good, and the immediate object of toil. He had seemed to love it little in the years when every penny had its purpose for him; for he loved the purpose then. But now, when all purpose was gone, that habit of looking towards the money and grasping it with a sense of fulfilled effort made a loam that was deep enough for the seeds of desire."

"Money may not be able to buy her love but it will definitely make her pay attention."

"I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very good but a diamond and a sapphire bracelet lasts forever."
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"In today's world, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of that disparity."

"The purpose of life is to nurture joy, which involves those aspects of humanity that enrich the soul."

"A writer needs a partner who can act as fuel to his artistic mind, yet has the great ability to sober him up and help him be in sync with the non-artistic part of his soul."

"Never allow yourself to be sapped of your extraordinary energy that is the necessary ingredient for creating something new and progressive."

"In the world of today, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of all of those contradictions. That is how we ended up complicating our world."

"A woman's love is all a man should expect from his wife. That love could be translated into so many positive things, especially if it is reciprocated."

"When we tend to be too hard on those we love, we erode the softness of our souls in the process, taking out the humanity within us that is the nucleus of our goodness, even if our actions are for their own sake."

"There is no bigger gratification than the realization of the things you believe in after overcoming all the odds."
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