Wealth as Divine Asset Philosophy

"wealth entailed responsibility. Wealth could lead either to progress or to decadence; if it led to the acceptance of responsibility and ‘doing good to others’, it was a ‘divine asset’."

"Redistribution of possessions is a one-off gesture, creating illusions of prosperity – redistribution of opportunities, on the other hand, creates lasting prosperity’."

"They knew money could do a lot of good but it could also be the cause of great evil. ‘It is like a rope: it can be used as a lifeline to save a drowning person, or as a noose to hang someone. That is money. It talks.’"