Peace Pilgrim Quotes

No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being.

If you make money, you might not make meaning.

Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesn't have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation.

Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents.

Just because you got money doesn't mean you're gonna be happy, and just 'cuz you can buy everything in the world doesn't mean you're gonna find your purpose.

The opportunities of living are diminished in proportion as what are called the "means" are increased.

I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don't come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don't feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste.

Life is not about money.

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

If all you're doing is making money, you have a luxurious but empty life.

Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.

God didn't make me to make movies, flex muscles, buy gold. What you love the most becomes your God... If I never make another dollar, my life is complete.

You cannot be seeking yourself when you're making money.

Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.

Money and good life had never been my goal.

Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning.

Money's fine if it enables you to enjoy your life and to be useful to other people. But as something that is a means to an end, no, it's useless.

One thing I didn't understand in life was that I had $100,000,000 in the bank and I couldn't buy happiness. I had everything: mansions, yachts, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, but I was depressed. I didn't know where I fitted in. But then I found family and friends and I learned the value of life.

Everyone wants that sense of fulfilling a purpose in some way.

The money never mattered. I'm not kidding you. It hasn't really brought me any kind of happiness.

Money is not everything.

I don't care whether something makes one dollar or a trillion because guess what? I don't know many happy rich people. And I know a lot of rich people.

I believe that prosperity has a purpose.

Wealth is a means to an end, not the end itself. As a synonym for health and happiness, it has had a fair trial and failed dismally.

To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of meaning and purpose in life.