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华莱士·沃特尔斯:致富的科学·摘录 10

华莱士·沃特尔斯《致富的科学》· The Science of Getting Rich · 投资

The man who owns all he wants for the living of all the life he is capable of living is rich; and no man who has not plenty of money can have all he wants. Life has advanced so far, and become so complex, that even the most ordinary man or woman requires a great amount of wealth in order to live in a manner that even approaches completeness. Every person naturally wants to become all that he is capable of becoming; this desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature; we cannot help wanting to be all that we can be. Success in life is becoming what you want to be; you can become what you want to be only by making use of things, and you can have the free use of things only as you become rich enough to buy them. To understand the science of getting rich is therefore the most essential of all knowledge.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59844
定位:Excerpt 10 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

一个人如果拥有他想要的一切,足以让他过上自己所能过的全部生活,他就是富有的;而如果没有足够的钱,就不可能拥有想要的一切。生活已经变得如此复杂,即使最普通的人也需要大量财富才能接近完整的生活。每个人都天生想要成为自己能够成为的人;这种实现内在可能性的渴望是人性固有的;我们不禁想要成为我们所能成为的一切。人生的成功就是成为你想成为的人;只有利用外物才能成为你想成为的人,而只有当你足够富有去购买它们时,你才能自由使用它们。因此,理解致富的科学是所有知识中最根本的。

上下文

沃特尔斯在《致富的科学》中论证致富的必要性,认为财富是实现自我发展的工具。

今日一问

你理想中的“完整生活”需要哪些资源?你目前最缺哪一样?

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