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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKurt Vonnegut tells a story about Joseph Heller's lesson to him about greed.
I posted this once before, but it's always relevant, with you know who haunting the world right now.
JOE HELLER
True story, Word of Honor: Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer now dead,
and I were at a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island.
I said, Joe, how does it make you feel to know that our host only yesterday
may have made more money than your novel Catch-22 has earned in its entire history?
And Joe said, Ive got something he can never have.
And I said, What on earth could that be, Joe?
And Joe said, The knowledge that Ive got enough.
Not bad! Rest in peace!
― Kurt Vonnegut
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7345831-joe-heller-true-story-word-of-honor-joseph-heller-an
ananda
(35,500 posts)Why isn't it good enough to have enough?
Johonny
(26,587 posts)But if it is money you horde, people call it a virtue in America.
TheRickles
(3,532 posts)twodogsbarking
(19,325 posts)Good brothers.
paleotn
(22,719 posts)I've got enough is a rarity in this world. But a state happier than any other.
popsdenver
(2,612 posts)Vonnegut's book........................JAIL BIRD
My favorite book of his......light reading, very humorous in parts, basically about the earliest corporations, their actions, and continuing to modern times.......After the first chapter, it is hard to put down......
ancianita
(43,344 posts)Nasruddin
(1,301 posts)I guess you would say that in that worldview the demand for demand is inelastic (change in price of demand does nothing)
Maraya1969
(23,564 posts)almost 80. What about all the money he stole during his life? He should be sitting pretty and not constantly thinking of new ways to steal from people.
I have enough to support me for the rest of my life as long as I am not an idiot. And I'm fine and grateful with that. I don't need new fancy cars or expensive clothes. But I have a relaxed attitude now and I don't worry about money for the future. It really is great to be good with enough.
Oh, I remember Wayne Dyer saying in one of his talks years ago, "Where is the peace in "More"?
surfered
(14,261 posts)Currently reading Slaughter House 5, 50 years later.
ShazamIam
(3,187 posts)patriotic all American kid into a total skeptic.
surfered
(14,261 posts)MLAA
(19,800 posts)mobeau69
(12,462 posts)KitFox
(596 posts)starts with: I have been called a Luddite. He tslks about the simple pleasure of going out to buy a large envelope and mailing it. He ends the chapter with: How beautiful it is to get up and go out and do something We are here on Earth to fart around Dont let anybody tell you any different. . The first page in poster form says: There is no reason good cant triumph over evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. ( A Man Without A Country. Seven Stories Press 2005)
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