Excerpt from Love People, Not Pleasure, by Arthur C. Brooks, on July 18, 2014, NY Times Op Ed:
"Love people, use things.
Easier said than done, I realize.
It requires the courage to repudiate pride and the strength to love others -
family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, God and even strangers and enemies.
Only deny love to things that actually are objects. The practice that achieves this is charity.
Few things are as liberating as giving away to others that which we hold dear."
"Love people, use things.
Easier said than done, I realize.
It requires the courage to repudiate pride and the strength to love others -
family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, God and even strangers and enemies.
Only deny love to things that actually are objects. The practice that achieves this is charity.
Few things are as liberating as giving away to others that which we hold dear."
