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[Anonymous No.13362344]

books about accumulating wealth

[Anonymous No.13362370]

nigga poopoo penis

[Anonymous No.13362374]

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[Anonymous No.13362375]

[Anonymous No.13362415]

What about The Great Gatsby? The great American novel?

[Anonymous No.13362423]

>>13362344

Read Huysmans' Against the Grain

[Anonymous No.13362425]

Any books on why wealth is meaningless?

[Anonymous No.13362457]

as far as i know, only the rich are gaining wealth. we the poor are just getting the scraps. I don't think it has anything to do with being smart, charismatic, or savvy. You are just born rich or not. I know there are a couple of exceptions. Dont crucify me /litl

[Anonymous No.13362577]

The devout Father John Tauler[45] relates this personal experience: For years he had prayed God to send him someone who would teach him the real spiritual life. One day, at prayer, he heard a voice saying: “Go to such and such a church and you will have the answer to your prayers.”

He went and at the door of the church he found a beggar, barefooted and in rags. He greeted the mendicant saying: “Good day, my friend.”

“Thank you, sir, for your kind wishes, but I do not recall ever having had a ‘bad’ day.”

“Then God has certainly given you a very happy life.”

“That is very true, sir. I have never been unhappy. In saying this I am not making any rash statement either. This is the reason: When I have nothing to eat, I give thanks to God; when it rains or snows, I bless God’s providence; when someone insults me, drives me away, or otherwise mistreats me, I give glory to God. I said I’ve never had an unhappy day, and it’s the truth, because I am accustomed to will unreservedly what God wills. Whatever happens to me, sweet or bitter, I gladly receive from his hands as what is best for me. Hence my unvarying happiness.”

“Where did you find God?”

“I found him where I left creatures.”

“Who are you anyway?”

“I am a king.”

“And where is your kingdom?”

“In my soul, where everything is in good order; where the passions obey reason, and reason obeys God.”

“How have you come to such a state of perfection?”

“By silence. I practice silence towards men, while I cultivate the habit of speaking with God. Conversing with God is the way I found and maintain my peace of soul.”

[Anonymous No.13362583]

>>13362577
Fuck off christfag

[Anonymous No.13362589]

>>13362425
There's a cut-off point where accumulating any more wealth does not correlate to any significant increase in happiness.

[Anonymous No.13362596]

Antifragile and Skin in the Game

[Anonymous No.13362599]

>>13362583
That man is happy. You are miserable.

[Anonymous No.13362714]

>>13362344
lads im going to go build a country estate in minecraft now

[Anonymous No.13362728]

>>13362714
I wish I could afford a big country house in the north of England or in upstate New York.

[Anonymous No.13362842]

>>13362589
compare the lives of someone taking away 200k vs 20mil a year