Russell Simmons Quotes

Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.

The real trick in life is to want nothing, and to succeed in getting it. - Karla

I am totally unattached to material items.

I'm no Buddhist monk, and I can't say I'm in love with renunciation in itself, or traveling an hour or more to print out an article I've written, or missing out on the N.B.A. Finals. But at some point, I decided that, for me at least, happiness arose out of all I didn't want or need, not all I did.

I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.

True affluence is to not need anything.

There is nothing I can't live without. I learned this attitude when I was a child.

What I feel best about is that while I enjoy what I have and don't want to lose it, I also don't need it.

I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is.

With renunciation life begins.

I don't like to attach myself to material things.

Man must do his part and detach himself from created things.

The essence of the Way is detachment.

I don't like possessions.

Other people have more than they need, I alone seem wanting.

To the degree we can live without the things of this world, we are wealthy.

The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.

The less you need, the more you attract.

We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.

You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something.

Who is content with nothing possesses all things.

Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return to them. Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do not want society.

A true Zen saying: "Nothing is what I want.

I always preferred having wings to having things.

True affluence is not needing anything.