John Bunyan Quotes

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

I think we have to be not so afraid of scarcity. We have to be willing to give away all things.

Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.

I met the most extraordinary people all over the Pacific, but especially the people in Vanuatu who, in a material sense, are the poorest people I've ever come across. They own nothing, but in a well-being sense, they are easily the wealthiest people that I've come across.

I am a man who has made a great deal of money, and I haven't got a great deal. This is because I give it no value, and a certain Christian precept is something to be lived by, and so forth.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

The Quaker upbringing was not strict, but it was frugal. Extremely frugal. One was always encouraged to give away one's worldly goods.

Give a portion of your money to others. By releasing an anxious grasp on your money, you will open yourself to receive all that is meant to be yours.

O ye gods, grant unto me to have little and to want nothing.

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Material things don't matter.

I have everything, yet have nothing; and although I possess nothing, still of nothing am I in want.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with.

The world calls for, and expects from us, simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility, detachment, and self-sacrifice. Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man.

Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.

Never measure your generosity by what you give, but rather by what you have left.

My riches are my family and my foster children. I try to store any material wealth in my hand, not my heart, so that I always feel free to give it away when the opportunity arises.

The less we have, the more we give. Seems absurd, but it's the logic of love.

The more he cast away, the more he had.

We don't experience the world fully unless we are willing to give everything away.

A large heart can be filled with very little.

God looks with favor at pure, not full, hands.

Who has excess and supplies the world? Only the one who follows the Way.