…inhabit them. Now eternity or unaging time gives birth to time as we know it by a mystery. And the firstborn of heaven was Croesus, or Saturn. And Saturn is time. And it is time that turns and enthrones its own father, taking upon itself the control of…

…get a good record. If we do badly, we get a poor record. One of the most important examples of this was the case of Croesus, who in ancient times was the richest man who ever lived. Of course, he'd be more or less in the middle class only today, but…

…all the successes that were piled into that great treasury. And the philosopher looked at it for a moment, and then he turned to Croesus and he said, Yes, and a man with better eye will take it all away from you. And this is happening right now. We…

…when the competitive idea was that we could be richer than somebody else by taking something away from him. Once a time, Croesus, who is remembered as the world's richest man of ancient times, showed a philosopher his treasury. And in that treasury were…

…showed a philosopher his treasury. And in that treasury were all kinds of jewels and gold and wonderful things and ornaments. And Croesus was showing it with great gusto to this scholar. And the scholar said to him, yes, Croesus, you are right. It is…

…and wonderful things and ornaments. And Croesus was showing it with great gusto to this scholar. And the scholar said to him, yes, Croesus, you are right. It is beautiful. But a man with a little better iron will take it all away from you. And this…

…not quite so closely related. But wealth was a very interesting thing. And one of the great rulers of Tyrants of Greece, Croesus, had the so-called traditional wealth of the ages, the richest man who ever lived. He brought in a philosopher one day to…

…man who ever lived. He brought in a philosopher one day to look over his treasury. The philosopher looked back quietly and said, Croesus, you have a wonderful treasury in gold, but the first man with better iron will take it away from you. And that was…

…fortune. We are being constantly torn between the poverty of virtue and the wealth of vice. This type of thing is not new. Croesus suffered from it, Alexander the Great, the Medici had it, Hitler had it, and more will have it probably in the future. we…

…upon a complete detachment from profit. Now, the profit system is the most dangerous that we have. On one occasion, when Croesus, the wealthiest king of antiquity, showed a penniless philosopher his treasure vault, The philosopher looked at him for a few…

…a bad time with our economic system we find that it's gradually getting completely out of hand well way back in the time of Croesus the ancient Greek or Cretan Lord who had his own private treasuries He took a philosopher one day to show him all the…

…is very very shaky we actually we must realize that the great struggle for wealth that began long ago is still with us Croesus was the ancient king who was supposed to have been the richest man who ever lived and the philosopher who probably didn't have…

…and the philosopher who probably didn't have much more than the coat he was wearing was talking with this king one day and Croesus pointed out to him all the wealth of gold and jewels and precious things in his treasury and the philosopher looked at him…

…a curse it becomes more and more of a curse when we give it an authority over life which it never is entitled to Croesus in antiquity was said to have been the richest man who ever lived and one day he showed his treasure house to a philosopher…

…have been the richest man who ever lived and one day he showed his treasure house to a philosopher and the philosopher said to him Croesus all that gold can be taken from you by a man with more iron and it so happened it is always the fact that…

…weary. And there will be gods that will take away your kingdom, no matter how wise you are. As the wise Greek once said to Croesus, the richest of kings. who said i have more gold than anyone in the world the stranger said yes your majesty but a man…