The secret of happiness is renunciation.

Instead of the question "What must I do for my employer?" substitute "What can I do"

I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

The day is not far distant when the man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free for him to administer during life, will pass away unwept, unhonored, and unsung, no matter to what uses he leave the dross which he cannot take with him. Of such as these the public verdict will then be: The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced. Such, in my opinion, is the true gospel concerning wealth, obedience to which is destined some day to solve the problem of the rich and the poor.

Not evil, but good, has come to the race from the accumulation of wealth by those who have the ability and energy that produce it.