The Ruler of the Land

I think two things hold imminent power in this world - love, and fear. I was just reading this passage from a book on the funding of research in science (don't we all have some misgivings where this is concerned), which started with this quote from 1 Timothy 6:10,

"For the love of money is the root of all evil, which while some have coveted after they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."

And the passage went on to say that the love of money leads to the loss of values that sort of run through us inherently. As in, the love of money makes us less human. I see this as a dualistic relationship of money and fear, however, embodied in both our love of money, indeed, but also in our fear of losing it, coupled with our fear of life without it. People often talk about, "What is the opposite of love?" I believe the opposite of love is fear, just like the opposite of war isn't necessarily peace, but creation (Rent, anyone? :) Just some thoughts for the day.