Carlos Slim Quotes
The biggest things in life are not materials.
King, Larry. "Interview with Carlos Slim." Larry King Live, CNN, 3 Nov. 2010.
The translation into the word "love" includes love of things as well as people. The Eigen translation is "All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of those relationships with people and those thiongs about which a person is passionate." The Greeks had 7 diffferent words for love od different kinds and things. But the Latin in which this was written is a much less precice lanaguage, quite like English in that respect. The object of the passion might be people, a political movement, a area of study and inquiry like science or mathamatics, the production of something as in art music or literature--even a sport. But if the quality of the object of the passion is poor, the happiness rarely lasts.
Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business magnate, investor and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world by the Forbes business magazine. He derived his fortune from his extensive holdings in a considerable number of Mexican companies through his conglomerate, Grupo Carso. As of April 2021, he was ranked at twenty-fourth richest person in the world according to Bloomberg L.P. listing of Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a net worth estimated at $53.1 billion. He is the richest person in Latin America.
