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.

Taking faith seriously leads to the utility of altruistic behavior.

Faith engenders courage; and also requires it.

Leadership, in other words, is a matter of character, not goals.

An exercise of moral imagination helps companies further goals of its members.

Capitalism is about the mutual creation of wealth rather than the pillaging of it.

Spiritual entrepreneurship is the unsung route to growth in the modern economy.