Imam Mohammad Los Angeles “How Muslims Should Relate to Capital and Capitalists”

"The principle of growth that should be one of our principles, we should have  as a principle the principle of growth, that we want to see growth for our community.

Mr. A. G. Gaston the insurance man who built a big business, started with nothing, as a poor man, borrowed a few dollars and became rich, very aggressive, not lazy, I think somebody fro the floor mentioned that disease, laziness.  He was not lazy so in a little time he started realizing growth for his money, he became a rich man.  I think he built one of these banks here right? Got a bank here in Georgia, I remember reading what he said about Booker T. Washington, he was emphasizing a principle and he said as Booker T. Washington said “he noticed that people who love to serve and live so they wold have a life of service, were mostly happy people, hardly ever found such people unhappy." Imam W. D. Mohammed(ra)