“5040. Thrift is the Philosopher's Stone.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
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Thomas Fuller (writer)420
British physician, preacher, and intellectual 1654–1734Related quotes
“1154. Content is the Philosopher’s Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1758) : Content is the Philosopher’s Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Gordon B. Hinckley book Standing for Something
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Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998) Swiss psychologist and scholar
Creation Myths (1972), Creation Renewed & Reversed
Context: In other words, the idea of the philosopher's stone of the alchemists is identical with the idea of the glorified body. This offers an archetypal approach to some Eastern ideas, because in different Eastern yoga practices and meditation the goal is to produce within oneself the so-called diamond body which is an immortal nucleus of the personality.
“If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone. ”
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“The opposite of consumption isn't thrift. It's generosity.”
Raj Patel (1972) British academic
The Value of Nothing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P03nNeYiJo
Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007) American author and polymath
Source: Cosmic Trigger Volume I: Final Secret of the Illuminati
“The further through life I drift
The more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift.”
Ogden Nash (1902–1971) American poet
"A Penny Saved Is Impossible"
Good Intentions (1942)