A person who carries weight is a person who others can trust to say things that make sense and execute his decisions with competency and thoroughness. This kind of person not only has theoretical knowledge about situations but he has the practical know-how to handle them competently.
Sabian philosophy teaches that every human being has vast potential.
Unfortunately this promise often lies fallow because the individual lacks the proper incentive and determination to actualize this potential. Acquiring wealth is an example of a potential that is actualized by the industrious person. The point here is to realize that something known only in principle is of little value unless it is actualized or made real in the world of every day. This approach to creative living is based on Ibn Gabirol's Fountain of Life Book V, Chapter 11. Of the two, matter is the potential component and form, or intelligence, is the active component.