My nation, as all nations, is becoming a land without peace, without thought, without mind, Madam Abbess. We are suffocating our spirits in commercial and material things. This is not envy, " said Mr. Konishi earnestly. "I am a rich man, with much business, so I have succeeded in all these things, but I know that they are empty. Rumer Godden
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When Mr. Konishi says he’s a rich man with much business, he speaks about the material wealth that people earn in life. He knows that this wealth is hollow, it cannot fill you up. And, when he says that he is rich, with much business, he speaks of the success that people attain in their work.

When everything you do is based on money or success or power then it is bound to fail you. The more successful you get the harder it will be for you to earn success again. Mr.

Konishi says that he has seen many wealthy people do many things but they can never get rid of their greed and thirst for material things.

Source: In This House Of Brede

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