The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.

Many of the deficiencies of our economic system could be alleviated if ways were found to broaden the ownership of the means of production... This has happened in some companies through ESOPs. Successful approaches of this sort would pay dividends in terms of employee commitment and morale. And they would not deprive anyone of his present holdings since they are based on future growth.

My mother was given to a typical question: "We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?" But my wife's typical question was "We have always done this. Why don't we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?"

The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.