Pavel Durov Quotes

I don't care about having money. It's about being happy, man.

I do not need a lot of money to be happy.

From a personal point of view, I wouldn't have been happy with one cap but would always have been happy with two. I never counted on getting to 80.

Financial freedom is very important to me because when that kind of stuff is taken care of, I can just focus on fighting.

The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available for most of my career. When I actually had to find jobs to make money, that's when I was happy.

There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy.

My private financial situation is such that I don't need to worry about my investments. I don't have much to invest.

Anybody with a reasonable income can become financially independent in a lifetime.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

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

The simpler things are, the happier they are.

I'm not really interested in making money.

They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life.

All that money stuff was so strange; all it ever meant to me was freedom from worry. I'm happier now than I've ever been but I still wish I had that money.

Money never made me.

I judge my life by how miserable it used to be. If I could pay my rent, I was deliriously happy. Now I'm deliriously happy all the time.

Live and think like a poor man and you'll always be OK.

I don't spend any time at all thinking about my personal wealth. I suppose if I had nothing, I might think, 'I have nothing.'

I would be the first to say that while a lack of money can cause misery, money doesn't buy you happiness.

It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.

In order to make money the first thing is to have no need of it.

I joined a band because I didn't like school, and there's nothing else I'd rather have done. If I really wanted to make money, I'd be in real estate. But I'm rich enough. I have a son and daughter, a lovely home, and if I see something I like, I can buy it. That's rich enough.

I'm thankful for the three ounce Ziploc bag, so that I have somewhere to put my savings.

If I can pay the bills, I'm happy.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.