August 30, 2026

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.

Gerald Brenan (1894 – 1987), British writer, Thoughts in a Dry Season (1978), in The Cynic’s Lexicon, Jonathon Green, ed. (London: 1986), p. 2

MEDITATION: If money and love competed for your loyalty, which would win—and how long would your choice last?

COMMENTARY: Brenan’s contrast is timeless. The poor pursue survival; the rich romanticize purpose. Pretending money and love are opposites only flatters those who never had to choose between both.