11 May

“Money spiritualizes all that it touches by endowing it with a quality that is both rational (measurable) and universal, since property reckoned in terms of money is accessible to all men. Venality is one of the cardinal virtues. The venal man suppresses his murderous and anti-social instincts - honor, self-pride, patriotism, political ambition, religious fanaticism, racialism - in favor of his need to co-operate with others, his love of fruitful exchanges, his sense of human solidarity.” Michel Tournier. Friday, or the Other Island.