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Can wealth bring us true happiness?
You’re not alone. But new research suggests that prioritizing money over time may actually undermine our happiness. A mountain of evidence shows that, on average, wealthier people are happier. But making lots of money will not inevitably boost your happiness.
Does money matter to you in the pursuit of a good life?
Wealth alone does not provide any guarantee of a good life. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, what matters more than a large income is how people spend it, and that giving money away makes people a lot happier than lavishing it on themselves.
Will you ever be satisfied with money?
If you love money, you will never be satisfied; if you long to be rich, you will never get all you want. It is useless. Whoever loves money will never be satisfied with money. Whoever loves wealth will never be satisfied with more income. Even this is pointless.
How meaningless is it to think wealth brings happiness?
How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income.
What does the Bible say about money and wealth?
Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.
How is the Great Gatsby a satire of American ideals?
One is “the American Dream is corrupted by the desire for wealth” and the other is “the Attainment of a dream may be less satisfying than the pursuit of it”. He uses those themes to show how The Great Gatsby is a satire of American Ideals.