Money Quote by Plato

“Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.”

— Plato

“And the unequal accumulation of wealth by the elites continued.”

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“We had no longing for excessive wealth: a mere competency, though earned by daily toil, so that it was reasonably sure, and free from…

— Edmund Morris

“That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches. Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be…

— Leonardo da Vinci

“Both were aware that wealth is a relative thing, and that the positively rich are not those who have the largest possessions but those…

— Susan Ferrier

“Boasting of wealth and virtue brings your demise.”

— Lao Tzu

“Follow what may, great deeds are not lessened in worth.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Removing possessions begins to turn back our desire for more as we find freedom, happiness, and abundance in owning less. And”

— Joshua Becker

“virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue.”

— Plato

“The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity.”

— Capt. Jean-Luc Picard

“...status, as in any traditional, class-conscious society, declines more slowly than wealth.”

— Mohsin Hamid

“The shortest route to wealth is the contempt of wealth.”

— Seneca