Caring for God's endowment in a thrifty fashion is a form of biblical obedience.

Adam Smith's image of competition in the marketplace was intended as an adjunct to his detailed description of human motivation in The Theory of Moral Sentiments , in which the pursuit of profit is tempered at every juncture by sympathy and benevolence, and by the posture of the "impartial spectator" which is forced on us by our moral nature.

Long-term success depends upon trust.

The free economy is not the enemy but the friend of social capital.

There's such a thing as spiritual capital that has economic function and potential.

Perhaps the most eloquent of the hard virtues is courage, the disposition to encounter adversity head-on and strive to overcome it.

Profit doesn't appear as the goal but as a side effect of pursuing motivating principles.