Wealth becomes demonic in direct proportion to the distance it travels from Jesus.

The Rich Young Man’s problem was not so much that he wanted his wealth, but that he didn’t want Jesus. He was hoping maybe what he needed was one of the 613 commandments (the total number of mitzvotmentioned in the Old Testament) that he had perhaps overlooked. But it was far bigger than that. He thought he could pick up the tab for his life himself, but “Follow Me” was more than he expected to pay, and he flinched.

It is religion that makes people virtuous. It is virtue that makes people human. It is religion that makes money humane.