If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.
The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else.
The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches.
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.
Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.
We do not want riches, we want peace and love.
A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.
There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.
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