"By a kind of happy pre-established harmony, such as a later age discovered between the needs of society and the self-interest of the individual, success in business is in itself almost a sign of spiritual grace, for it is a proof that a man has laboured faithfully in his vocation."

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Source : R. H. Tawney (2016). “Religion and the Rise of Capitalism”, p.210, Verso Books

R. H. Tawney

#Spiritual Quotes #Men Quotes #Self Quotes

“Religion is the reaction of human nature to its search for God.”
“The thing about working at Pixar is that everyone around you is smarter and funnier and cleverer than you and they all think the same about everyone else. Its a nice problem to have.”
“When you start out in the wrestling business, you make a lot of mistakes, tripping over your own feet and looking like a fool.”
“I argued last year on my shared blog that selling the right to immigrate would be the best approach to legal immigration. Among other benefits, the revenue from immigrants' payments could reduce taxes. Paying for the right to immigrate would also negate the argument that immigrants get a free ride when they gain health care and other benefits. Moreover, making immigrants pay would attract the type of immigrants who came much earlier in American history: young men and women who are reasonably skilled and want to make a long-term commitment to the United States.”
“I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I can be very stubborn. I'm very opinionated and if people cross me at work - if people who don't know about the job try telling me what to do - I become very stubborn and really rather unpleasant.”
“I don't think enough people have accepted that the machines have already taken over. They are patiently waiting for us to catch up with them. Our world is now interdependent with the machines, and more entrepreneurs should be working on the symbiosis between the two entities.”

Source : "'The Machines Have Already Taken Over': Seven Questions with Brad Feld". Interview with Ali Wyne, bigthink.com.
“My mother Diana was a true-blue aristocrat, descended from William the Conqueror and listed in 'Burke's Peerage.' My father David, from a poor Scottish family, was a doctor.”

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