Comparison Quote by Teresa of Avila

The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have,…

— Tori Amos

When we see the bankruptcy, slavery, and vanity of everything else, we can finally say, ‘To die is gain.’

— Matt Chandler

The more we give away, the richer we become.

— Eben Moglen

In order to win, we pay with energy and effort and discipline. If we lose, we pay in disappointment, discontent, and lack of fulfillment.

— Maya Angelou

At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!

— Watchman Nee

“Whether we like to admit it or not, most of us live under the impression that the most important thing we can do on…

— Nelson Searcy

Wealth is enjoying what we already have, not getting more of what we think will make us happy.

— Peter McWilliams

In a globalised world, so many of us move around so much. You lose things, but you also gain things - or hope to…

— Claire Messud

The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a…

— Samuel Johnson

When you're in danger of losing a thing it becomes precious and when it's around us, it's in tedious abundance and we take it…

— John McGahern

...when we abandon visible riches... it is strange goods and not our own that we are leaving. And this is so even if we…

— John Cassian

As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of life become…

— Etty Hillesum