„No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.“

„To enrich God, man must become poor; that God may be all, man must be nothing.“

—  Ludwig Feuerbach, libro La Esencia del Cristianismo

The Essence of Christianity (1841)

„Each one fashions and bears his world with him, and that unless he himself become wise, strong and loving, no change in his circumstances can make him rich or free or happy.“

—  John Lancaster Spalding Catholic bishop 1840 - 1916

Fuente: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 5

„[A] brilliant man is his own best company, unless he can find other company of the same sort.“

—  Julien Offray de La Mettrie, libro Man a Machine

Man a Machine (1747)

„A man or woman is seldom happy unless he or she is sustaining him or herself and making a contribution to others.“

—  Zig Ziglar American motivational speaker 1926 - 2012

See You at the Top (2000)

„A man who is spiritually more developed than others is in a difficult situation, unless he is protected by his position and the fear that position instills. Such a man becomes a loner : his standards are different, useless to others, but they still set him apart.“

—  Meša Selimović, libro Death and the Dervish

Death and the Dervish (Derviš i smrt), Part II, page. 245.
Death and the Dervish (1966)

„Man is free; but not unless he believes he is“

—  Giacomo Casanova Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice 1725 - 1798

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The Story of My Life (trans. Sartarelli/Hawkes 2001), Preface, p. 1
Referenced

„Man is not worshipful unless he is clement.“

—  Ali al-Rida eighth of the Twelve Imams 770 - 818

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.2, p. 113.
Religious Wisdom

„Christ was born a man for me,
for me he died -
Unless I become God
through Him,
His birth is mocked
His death denied“

—  Angelus Silesius German writer 1624 - 1677

The Cherubinic Wanderer

„If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.“

—  C.G. Jung Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology 1875 - 1961

„The world ceases to be that which is and becomes that which is available.
It is a submissive world that modern man is in the habit of sensing, and he seems content with the riches of thinghood.“

—  Abraham Joshua Heschel Polish-American Conservative Judaism Rabbi 1907 - 1972

Fuente: Who Is Man? (1965), Ch. 5<!-- Disavowal of transcendence, p. 83 -->
Contexto: As a result of letting the drive for power dominate existence, man is bound to lose his sense for nature's otherness. Nature becomes a utensil, an object to be used. The world ceases to be that which is and becomes that which is available.
It is a submissive world that modern man is in the habit of sensing, and he seems content with the riches of thinghood. Space is the limit of his ambitions, and there is little he desires besides it. Correspondingly, man’s consciousness recedes more and more in the process of reducing his status to that of a consumer and manipulator. He has enclosed himself in the availability of things, with the shutters down and no sight of what is beyond availability.

„If God should descend to earth and come to live among us, we could not love him unless he became like us or give him anything unless he produced something or listen to him unless he proved us mistaken or worship him unless he manifested his power. All the laws of our nature, affective, economic, and intellectual, would prevent us from treating him as we treat other men, that is, according to reason, justice, and equity. From this I infer that if God ever put himself into immediate communication with man, he would have to become a man.“

—  Pierre Joseph Proudhon French politician, mutualist philosopher, economist, and socialist 1809 - 1865

Fuente: What is Property? (1840), Ch. V

„The creator gives no heed to the critic unless he becomes a barren inventor.“

—  Khalil Gibran Lebanese artist, poet, and writer 1883 - 1931

Spiritual Sayings of Kahlil Gibran (1962) as translated by Anthony R. Ferris

„Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged.“

—  Bruce Lee Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker 1940 - 1973

„Whoever has found the world and become enriched, let him renounce the world.“

—  Thomas the Apostle Apostle of Jesus Christ

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

„I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.“

—  Warren Buffett American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist 1930

„Nothing in life worth having comes easy.
That is unless you are rich.“

—  RJ Intindola (Gandolfo)

2020

„It is likewise with the proud, rich man: he will never have mercy on the poor man because of his hue or his cry, but if the poor man could wreak vengeance on him, then you would see the rich man bow.“

—  Marie de France medieval poet

Si est del riche orguillus:
Ja del povre n'avra merci
Pur sa pleinte ne pur sun cri;
Mes se cil s'en peüst vengier,
Dunc le verreit l'um suzpleier.
Fables, no. 10, "The Fox and the Eagle", line 18; cited from Mary Lou Martin (trans.) The Fables of Marie de France (Birmingham, Alabama: Summa, 1984) pp. 54-6. Translation from the same source, p. 55.

„This was a sleight well mask'd. O, what is man,
Unless he be a Politician?“

—  George Chapman, Bussy D'Ambois

Act I, scene i.
Bussy D'Ambois (1607)

„b>A man is not independent unless he has the courage to stand alone.</b“

—  Halldór Laxness Icelandic author 1902 - 1998

Sjálfstætt fólk (Independent People) (1935), Book Two, Part III: Conclusion