22. Materialism and Money

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24

I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to make money that don’t want to buy things they don’t need to impress people they dislike. > Emile Henry Gauvreau

We can hardly expect the money enough for the blood and toil it represents. Money is frightening. It can serve or destroy man. > Michel Quoist

If a man runs after money, he’s money-mad; if he keeps it, he’s a capitalist; if he spends it, he’s a playboy; if he doesn’t get it, he’s a ne’er-do-well; if he doesn’t try to get it, he lacks ambition. If he gets it without working for it, he’s a parasite; and if he accumulates it after a lifetime of hardwork, people call him a foul who never got anything out of life. > Vic Oliver

That money talks

I’ll not deny,

I heard it once:

It said, “Good bye.” > Richard Armour

One of the dangers of having a lot of money is that you may be quite satisfied with the kinds of happiness money can give and so fail to realize your need for God. If everything seems to come simply by signing checks, you may forget that you are at every moment totally dependent on God. > C. S. Lewis

Tithing is a discipleship issue, not a fund-raising issue. > Richard Rusbuldt

The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket. > Frank McKinney Hubbard

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, that gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip. > Caleb C. Colton

Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. > John Wesley

See also Ecclesiastes 5:8-20; Matthew 25:14-28.