More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.
They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little less gold per capita. Each one of us will continue to be fighting over an ever smaller percentage of total resources. This is not a happy thought.
Men know not the gold which lies in the mine of Christ Jesus, or surely they would dig in it night and day. They have not yet discovered the pearl of great price, or they would have sold their all to buy the field wherein it lies.
For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.
Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
Gold is hoarded. It's estimated that 95 percent of all gold ever mined is still around.