Jose Mujica Quotes

Our economy is based upon people wanting more; their happiness on wanting less.

I am totally unattached to material items.

The American dream is a crock. Stop wanting everything. Everyone should wear jeans and have three T-shirts, eat rice and beans.

Me, I don't need money.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.

Here's the thing that I think about life - if you manage to get into a space where you don't need that much, where the overhead of your life is not that great and you're pretty happy and relaxed without that much stuff, you are really liberated because you never have to say yes to something because you want another refrigerator or car!

He chose to be rich by making his wants few, and supplying them himself.

Don't run after shows and money.

I'm not a big consumer at all. I'm very happy with enough.

I'm not a very materialistic person.

I don't want to get rich - just live good.

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

I'm not into the money thing. You can only sleep in one bed at a time. You can only eat one meal at a time, or be in one car at a time. So I don't have to have millions of dollars to be happy. All I need are clothes on my back, a decent meal, and a little loving when I feel like it. That's the bottom line.

So, make a real effort to avoid getting sucked into all the expensive lifestyle habits of typical Americans. Because if you do that, then people with the money will dictate what you do with your life.

When the farmer has got his house, he may not be the richer but the poorer for it, and it be the house that has got him... a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.

People need things. I don't live a monk's existence, I'm a consumer, but I try to do it to the level that doesn't feel like there's an overabundance of something.

Yeah, I guess I'm economical. Not because I try, but because I'm really not that interested in shoes.

I'm happy without money.

I've lived very well all my life, even when I had no money, and there's very little I can't afford.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.

I suppose in the back of my mind I was always one of those guys who had a disdain for money. It had a value if you wanted to buy something, but if you didn't want to buy something, you didn't need it.

I am fortunate to have enough money not to have to worry about the necessities of life. Beyond that, I try to think about money as little as possible.

Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.

I'm not really interested in making money.