Material accumulation: the debate between material and spirit
Money is such a thing as long as it can solve personal life. If it is too much, it will become a scourge to curb human talent. Nobel Prize
It is better to eat without meat than to live without bamboo. No meat makes people thin, no bamboo makes people vulgar. People are thin and fat, but most people are incurable. -Su Shi
A person with a full spiritual life must be an ideal person, a noble person, and a person who is only a material master rather than a material slave. mould
The ideal person should not only be reflected in the satisfaction of material needs, but also in the satisfaction of spiritual interests. -Hegel
Any bird whose wings fall into gold can't fly higher. Tagore
Rich and famous, everyone in the world is prosperous, but the chest is big, which is really useful. -Zeng Guofan
The wrong way to happiness is to enjoy, enjoy and live a luxurious life. -lev tolstoy
Factual argument
Huo Qubing has repeatedly made meritorious military service, won high positions and high salaries, but put aside his personal enjoyment and put his heart on national interests. After the victory of Hexi Campaign, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty specially ordered people to build a luxurious mansion for him in Chang 'an in order to reward him for his outstanding military exploits. Please ask him to see if he was satisfied. Huo Qubing declined the kindness of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and said heroically, "Why stay at home when the Huns are immortal!" This famous saying, which has been passed down through the ages, is a portrayal of Huo Qubing's glorious life.
Zeng Guofan has been an official for more than ten years, and now there are only books and clothes in his apartment in Beijing. Zhuge Liang served as the assistant slaughter of Shu for twenty-seven years, and devoted himself to death, leaving only a few acres of barren land for his descendants; Sima Guang, a literate scholar, is famous for his four fields, but he "sheltered from the cold all his life to satisfy his hunger" and had no extravagant demands for food and clothing. As a general, Fang Zhimin has handled millions of dollars, but his property is a few broken shirts and socks; In order to point out the direction of struggle for proletarian revolutionaries all over the world, Marx devoted his life to the international proletarian movement and was down and out all his life.
Material and spiritual topic writing material gentleman for things, villain for things. -Xunzi's "Honor and Disgrace"
Money is such a thing as long as it can solve a person's life. If it is too much, it will become a scourge to curb human talents-Nobel.
When you have 100 million dollars, you will understand that money is just a symbol-Bill Gates.
People can't live without money, and it is impossible to live in the present without pursuing any material things at all, but people don't live for money and material things.
Any bird whose wings fall into gold can't fly higher. Tagore
Humans don't know much about their wealth or their own strength: for the former, people believe it is omnipotent; For the latter, people do not regard it as a colleague and lack confidence in their own strength-Bacon.
It is better to eat without meat than to live without bamboo. No meat makes people thin, no bamboo makes people vulgar. People are thin and fat, but most people are incurable. -Yu Qian and Shang Lu in Su Song's stone.
Free men live in huts, and slaves live under marble and gold-seneca.