
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (1996-1997)
Context: Money had no name of course. And if it did have a name, it would no longer be money. What gave money its true meaning was its dark-night namelessness, its breathtaking interchangeability.
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle (1996-1997)
Context: Money had no name of course. And if it did have a name, it would no longer be money. What gave money its true meaning was its dark-night namelessness, its breathtaking interchangeability.
“We must stop thinking primarily in terms of “money” and “business””
both artificial things—and begin to think increasingly in terms of the actual resources and products on which “money” and “business” are based. In terms of these, of the human beings to whom they are to be distributed, and of the cognate human values which make the accidents of life and consciousness worth enduring.
"Some Repetitions on the Times", (1933). Reprinted in Miscellaneous Writings, edited by S.T. Joshi. Arkham House, 1995.
Non-Fiction
“Money expresses all qualitative differences of things in terms of "how much?"”
Money, with all its colorlessness and indifference, becomes the common denominator of all values; irreparably it hollows out the core of things, their individuality, their specific value, and their incomparability. All things float with equal specific gravity in the constantly moving stream of money. All things lie on the same level and differ from one another only in the size of the area which they cover.
The Metropolis and Mental Life (1903)
“Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.”
Preface to The Norman Conquests (New York: Grove Press, [1975] 1988) p. 11.
“If we are focused on making money only, a large slice of life will pass us by.”
On the undue emphasis of collecting money - "Furious TB Joshua Orders Zim Refunds" http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-9734-Furious+TB+Joshua+orders+Zim+refunds/news.aspx New Zimbabwe (December 6 2012)
Source: Sociology and modern systems theory (1967), p. 50.
Man's Rise to Civilization (1968)
Context: We are in the habit of thinking in terms of great leaders largely because the leaders themselves want it that way. The pharaohs ordered that a record of their accomplishments be carved on stone; medieval nobles subsidized troubadours to sing their praises; today's world leaders have large staffs of public-relations consultants. No culture can be explained in terms of one or more leaders...<!-- p. 93
Source: The goal: a process of ongoing improvement (1984), p. 41