Business is the real test of the moral life.

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.

Business is the real test of the moral life.

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.

When people freely identify with their work and find themselves through it, excellence follows.