Money and Freedom | 金钱和自由

金钱与自由 (Money and Freedom)


1. 欧文·亚隆, 《存在主义心理治疗》

“很多人终其一生都在追求金钱，却忘记了金钱本质上是自由的兑换券。钱的终极功能，从来不是用来买物的，而是用来买清闲、买空间，买不被定义的人生。

只有当你不再为明天的面包而焦虑，你才有机会去追问灵魂深处的意义，去拥抱那个独立且真实的自我。"

Irvin D. Yalom, Existential Psychotherapy

"Many people spend their entire lives chasing wealth, forgetting that money is essentially a voucher for freedom. The ultimate function of money is never to buy things, but to buy leisure, to buy space, and to buy a life that refuses to be defined.

Only when you are no longer anxious about tomorrow’s bread do you have the chance to seek the profound meaning of your soul and embrace your independent, authentic self."


2. 摩根·豪泽尔,《金钱心理学》


"所谓‘财富’，是那些你还没买的名车，还没入手的钻石，还没戴上的名表。它是你放弃购买的华服，是你拒绝掉的头等舱升舱。

财富，是尚未转化为‘视觉可见物’的金融资产。它的价值在于‘尚未行使的选择权’——让你在未来拥有购买力。财富真正的价值，是为你提供选择余地、灵活性和成长的空间，让你在未来的某一天，能拥有比现在更多的选择。"

Morgan Housel, Psychology of Money

"Wealth is the nice cars not purchased. The diamonds not bought. The watches not worn, the clothes forgone and the first-class upgrade declined. Wealth is financial assets that haven’t yet been converted into the stuff you see.


Wealth is the options not yet taken to buy something later. Its value lies in offering you options, flexibility, and growth to one day purchase more stuff than you could right now."