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

The laws of economic life are subject to the eternal laws of spiritual capital.

When all benefits are promised by the state, nobody need feel grateful for them.

Attempts to secure an equal outcome always require unequal treatment of individuals.

Profitability is the consequence of doing business in the right way, to honor God.

Myth: There's conflict between selfish free markets and a benevolent world of human sympathy.

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.