Carnegie, Andrew
1835-1919
1835-1919
American industrialist, philanthropist....
born Scotland to poor family
came to US at 13 years
became one of the wealthiest men in the world,
mainly through his steel industry businesses
in later life devoted his time and money to
educational causes, including the Carnegie
Library project.
born Scotland to poor family
came to US at 13 years
became one of the wealthiest men in the world,
mainly through his steel industry businesses
in later life devoted his time and money to
educational causes, including the Carnegie
Library project.
| It happened: A very rich man became frustrated with his riches – as it happens. In fact this should be the criterion of whether a man is rich or not. If a man is really rich he is bound to be frustrated with his riches. If he is not yet frustrated he is still a poor man; he may have money, but he is not rich – because a rich man is bound to know that whatsoever he has has not satisfied him a bit. The deep anxiety, emptiness, follows him; now it is even more intense – a clarity has come. A poor man can always hope that tomorrow will be good. How can a rich man hope? Tomorrow is going to be the same. The hope is dead. He has all that he can have; tomorrow is not going to add anything more. An Andrew Carnegie – when he died he left thousands of millions of dollars. What can tomorrow add? A few thousand more? A few million more? But he cannot use those few million because right now he does not know what to do with his money. He has already more than is needed... --Osho Yoga: The Alpha and the Omega, Vol. 5, ch 4 |
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