Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate.

Spirituality can be severed from both vicious sectarianism and thoughtless banalities. Spirituality, I have come to see, is nothing less than the thoughtful love of life. [Spirituality for the Skeptic]

Indeed, some kitsch seems to be flawed by its very perfection, its technical virtuosity and its precise execution, its explicit knowledge of the tradition

If a currency is to become a growing, an increasing reserve currency, there has to be not only a demand for it there has to be a supply of it.

Trust and the ability to identify trustworthiness are not the same thing, although trust and trustworthiness are logically linked.

Thus when I have to summarize naturalized spirituality in a single phrase, it is this: the thoughtful love of life.

Some countries that are close to Europe that already hold Deutschemarks, clearly would automatically hold euros, those are countries in Eastern Europe mainly, a few countries in Africa.