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“Every human being has the right to be rich in mind, body and spirit. They need to live a life that is comforting, productive…

— Anthony Pan

“By the aid of philosophy you will live not unpleasantly, for you will learn to extract pleasure from all places and things: wealth will…

— Plutarch

“Is it not the disparity of wealth that consumes the willing soul. Rather, the golden keys of opportunity clamor softly with fraught anxiety of…

— Joel T. McGrath

“Ironically, the more we crave to possess and dominate the world and others, the deeper and more unbearable becomes the chasm of our own…

— Stephen Batchelor

“Seeking what you get from others fuels the ego& depletes the soul. Seeking what you can give others is where purpose& fulfillment begins.”

— Jen Groover

“ To reach satisfaction in all, desire satisfaction in nothing. To come to possess all, desire the possession of nothing. To arrive at being all,…

— John of the Cross

O my Lord, whatever share of this world You have bestowed on me, bestow it to my enemies, and whatever share of the next…

— Rabia Basri

Again, in our enterprises we present the singular spectacle of daring and deliberation, each carried to its highest point, and both united in the…

— Thucydides

“After having everything, a rich man seeks applause and reverence, for there is guilt in his mind. The guilt of having everything in this…

— Abhaidev

Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. All that I am and all that I…

— Anonymous

The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.

— Publilius Syrus

Speak as you think, be what you are, pay your debts of all kinds. I prefer to be owned as sound and solvent, and…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson