what can happen if we put profit last !
|
In capitalist
society health is the capability to earn, among the Greeks it was the
capability to enjoy, and in the Middle Ages the capability to believe. |
When I have
money, I get rid of it quickly, lest it find a way into my heart.
Give as much
as you take, all shall be very well. |
| We
know just one thing: only the exponents of the new spirit are sincere.
Their wish is solely to give, Gratuitously. They arise among all nations. mm-- Theo van Doesburg |
.
. . as a society, we have no firm basis of belief in any meta-economic
values, and when there is no such belief the economic calculus takes over. mm-- E. F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful |
| It's
not easy doing good works. There's no profit in it. And when there's no
money in a thing, people tend to get confused. They think your're up to
something, even when you're not. mm-- Paul Auster,Timbuktu |
The
Artist appeals to that part of our being. ... which is a gift and
not an acquisition
-- and, therefore, more permanently enduring. mm-- Joseph Conrad |
| Consider
the gift. Giving should be an event. It has to come as a surprise, from
the other; it has to extend beyond the confines of the economic circle
of exchange. For giving to be possible, for a giving event to be possible,it
has to look impossible. mm-- Jacques Derrida |
Money
operates as a stimulus to all kinds of possible sentiments because its
unspecific character,
devoid of all qualities, places it at such a great distance from any sentiment
that its relations with all of them are fairly equal. mm-- G. Simmel, The Philosophy of Money |
Frenchman J.-F. D. sends L. E.Don
a CD-ROM from Paris
Italian Gianni B. sends L. E.Don
a CD-ROM from Milan
Christmas Holiday Gifting Trip
to New York City
Gifting Trip to Scotland
