書本內有談及老子對飲食、成功、金錢等等的看法，其中金錢觀部分有提到[金玉滿堂、莫之能守]、[小富靠勤、大富靠命]、[知足者富]等觀念，剛好與艾爾麥尼（Jordi Alemany）創始人，1月4日他在LinkedIn上發文《最佳忠告：10個金錢買不到的東西》（Best Advice: 10 Things Money Can?t Buy）有些相似的看法。
讓我們來看看有那些事項是有錢也買不到的:
1. 健康 Health
達賴喇嘛：人類，為了賺錢，他犧牲健康。為了修復身體，他犧牲錢財。然後，因擔心未來，他無法享受現在。就這樣，他無法活在當下。活著時，他忘了生命是短暫的。死時，他才發現他未曾好好地活著。
Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.” – Dalai Lama
2. 愛 Love
泰戈爾：在消除貧困的時候，我們會擁有自己的財富，而擁有這筆財富，我們卻會失去多少善心、多少美和多少力量啊！
If you want to distinguish between those who love you unreservedly, and those who love your money, try losing all your money. – Jordi Alemany
3. 快樂 Happiness
富蘭克林：金錢無法使人快樂，永遠不會，在它的本性中根本不存在產生快樂的因子。人擁有越多，想要的就越多。
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has, the more one wants. – Benjamin Franklin
4. 正直 Integrity
英國小說家亞當斯（Douglas Adams）：提供真正的服務時，必需融入某種金錢無法購買或衡量的東西，那就是真誠與正直。
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. – Douglas Adams
5. 尊重 Respect
美國哲學家蘭德（Ayn Rand）：金錢是生存的工具，你對生計來源的表態就是你對生活的表態。假如生計來源是墮落的，你已經毀掉你存在的意義。你曾經拿過不義之財嗎？曾經為了謀取更多財富而迎合他人嗎？或是降低自己的人格標準？為了糊口你做了根本不願做的事？如果是這樣，金錢並不會帶來一絲的喜悅。你買的東西會變成是一種恥辱，而不是敬意；是一種憎惡，而不是成就。那麼你會認為金錢是一種罪惡，因為你無法從中得到自尊。
Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life. If the source is corrupt, you have damned your own existence. Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers you scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment's or a penny's worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame. Then you'll scream that money is evil. Evil, because it would not pinch-hit for your self-respect? Evil, because it would not let you enjoy your depravity? Is this the root of your hatred of money?" - Ayn Rand
6. 平靜的內心 Peace of Mind
美國創業家狄維土（Richard M. DeVos）：金錢無法買到內心的平靜，它不能治愈撕裂的關係，或是將一個本來沒有意義的生活變得有意義。
Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none. - Richard M. DeVos
7. 道德 Ethics
美國記者與作家洛理默（George Lorimer）：有錢能買到東西固然不錯，但是不遺忘用金錢買不到的東西更好。
It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy. – George Lorimer
8. 教育 Education
天文物理學家泰森（Neil deGrasse Tyson）：人類並沒有以同理心來對待人類或是地球上其他生物的感受與想法，所以，也許我們的正規教育應該注入同理心的訓練。想像一下，如果教育是閱讀、寫作、算術，還有同理心，那世界會很不一樣。
Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
9. 智慧 Intelligence
喬布斯（ Steve Jobs）：我不是為了賺錢才回去蘋果。幸運之神一直都很眷顧我的生命，25歲那年，我就擁有了1億美元的資產。當時就很清楚，我不會被金錢所奴役。因為你絕對不可能將這筆錢花光，而且我也不以財富來驗證我的智慧。
Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence. – Steve Jobs
10. 心靈覺悟 Spiritual enlightenment
無名氏：金錢可以買棟房子，卻無法買到一個溫暖的家；它可以買張床，卻買不了舒適的睡眠品質；它可以買個鐘，卻買不了時間；它可以買本書，卻買不到知識；它可以買血，卻買不到健康。所以，金錢不是萬能的。
Money can buy a house, but not a home. It can buy a bed, but not sleep. It can buy a clock, but not time. It can buy a book, but not knowledge. It can buy blood, but not health, so you see; money is not everything in life. - Unknown
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