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John Wesley

Methodism

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Leo Tolstoy

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John Wesley was the same. The founder of Methodism had the highest earned income in 18th century England, but he gave it all away. His philosophy about money was simple: “Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can." Root of Evil? Money may not be the root of all evil, but if it keeps us up at night, it has become way too important in our lives. That was the lesson of Leo Tolstoy's tale “Elias", which told of a rich farm couple who lost all their money and were forced to take jobs as servants. A guest one day asked the wife if she was miserable being poor, especially in light of the great wealth she had once enjoyed. The woman's answer - that she was happier than ever before - surprised the visitor.
約翰.衛(wèi)斯理也一樣。這位衛(wèi)理公會(huì)的創(chuàng)始人在18世紀(jì)的英國(guó)收入最高，但他把自己的收入都給了別人。他的金錢哲學(xué)很簡(jiǎn)單:“盡量掙，盡量省，盡量給?！? 錢是萬(wàn)惡之源嗎？ 錢也許并不是萬(wàn)惡之源，但如果它使我們夜不能寐，那他在我們生活中就過(guò)于重要了。 這也是列夫托爾斯泰在他創(chuàng)作的《伊萊亞斯》故事中所告誡的。故事講述了一對(duì)經(jīng)營(yíng)農(nóng)場(chǎng)富有的夫婦，他們失去了所有的錢，不得不去當(dāng)傭人。 一天有位客人問(wèn)這位妻子，她是不是應(yīng)為貧窮而痛苦，尤其是考慮到她曾擁有巨大的財(cái)富。夫人的回答是她比以前更幸福，這使客人很吃驚。