Is money most important for life?

China
August 15, 2007 8:18pm CST
Some think that money is the source of happiness.Once they have money ,they will enjoy everything.They can use the money they have to buy, a beautiful house or even a wife. Some others think that money is the root of all evil.Due to the gred for money,people will do various kinds of evil things,such as stealing,robbing or even murder.Money can easily change a kind ,honest man into a cruel ,cunning woe. In my opinion,both of the above-mentioned veewpoints go to an extreme.Money itself is neither good nor evil.It all depends on how we look at it.We can not deny the importance of money in the modern society.Meanwhile,we should not ignore the fact that something can not be bought by money,such as friendship,true love and so on.
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13 responses
@kitkat1 (1227)
• Canada
17 Aug 07
Money should never be the most important thing in life but the modern world has made it impossible to get by without having a good surplus of money. In the old days there were others ways to survive without alot of money but now that is not an option you cannot got to the grocery store and trade them some eggs from your farm for other goods just dont work that way. Alot have a greed for more money than what they need and do evil things to get it but alot to steal and cheat because they have no money and like i said before it has been made the most important thing in life and you cant live without it so people sometimes have to do what they got to in order to survive and that aint right either.
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@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
16 Aug 07
I don't think money can buy you happiness, but it's certainly hard to be happy without money - it kind of causes you to worry all the time.
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@venshida (4836)
• United States
16 Aug 07
Money is not the source of happiness look at people like Brittany Spears and Lindsey they have lots of money but would you want their life. Money is good because you need it to survive,but it does not provide happiness. The things that really count in life money cannot buy.
• Philippines
16 Aug 07
Money is really important nowadays.. no matter how hard we try to deny and stick with "cliches" that money is just a paper that can be easily thrown unlike love and other emotional stuffs which are for forever. Money is one thing we need to provide our basic needs like clothing, shelter, food and etc.. Can love provide those kind? Practicality is what is evolving in our generation today. No matter what we do, our lives are controlled by this small paper.. money..
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• Canada
16 Aug 07
In the reality life, money is certain to be important for everyone. . To judge if money is good or evil, all depend on how you earn it and how you use it. Everything has two side. Nothing can be used by the words good or bad. SOmetimes we need money to satusfy our daily needs: buy whatever you want from tiny things such as milk to big price such as the house. lots of romantic lovers creat some memorable thing that must need money.
• Sweden
16 Aug 07
I don't think money can do happiness in life, but surely they make life easier. It could be nice to have a sum of money to spend on my own, to verify if they can make me happy.
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@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
16 Aug 07
money is important but not the most important thing in our lives... i believe that we need money in order to live and survive, but we should not make it the God of our lives... there is other much more important things in this life besides money... and i agree to the saying that say the root of all evils is the love for money... it is very true...
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• Philippines
16 Aug 07
Money is important in our survival on earth. But it does not mean that it is the only thing that can make us happy. There are things in life that money can't buy. But by proper using of money and handling it with responsibility and sensitivity towards others I think money will be important. Like you use money to help those in need.
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@kyutstudph (1263)
• Philippines
16 Aug 07
Money plays an important role in one's life. By means of it we can buy our neccesities and wants. It doesnt mean that it is the most important one. Well I can say that some people money is their happiness for if they have plenty of it they can buy whatever they want. But happiness isnt all about the money. I believe that the best things in life are free.
@jb_vete (323)
• Philippines
16 Aug 07
No, it's love. For me, it's the relationship that we have with other people that matters most. It is love that makes the world go round and not money.
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
16 Aug 07
Hi free_forward! Money can be the source of evil and at the ame time good also. And we can see some people who become slaves of money, doing crimes and bad things just to get more of it. If money will be used for good things then we can safely say it is good but when it is used for evil deeds then it is bad. It can be the source of happiness and sadness too. I guess it boils down to one point, I guess it is up to us how we want it to be. I do believe that money is one of the greatest temptation one can ever have and it could change a person dramatically. Nevertheless, I would still want to have more than enough money so I wouldn't be worrying too much on my bills and so that I can help my family and others in need but I would want to accumulate wealth by working hard for it. Have a nice day and take care!
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• Malaysia
16 Aug 07
Actually money is one of the factor that needed for supporting our living. Unfortunately living is related to life. So that is why money is a key of success in standard of living. On the usage of money is a different matter. As usage is the sequel of it. Where for good or bad things depend to the owner. So the conclusion is, money is the most important for life to make better living.
@pinnibabu (135)
16 Aug 07
Well said My dear friend. Money is neither good nor bad. Its mainly our perception of money. Money is required for all our materialistic needs. Money is not the source of happiness. Even a person who does not have a single penny has a smile on his face which probably a person having loads of money in his bank doesn't have. Money is just a means to fulfill our basic needs.