Saul Leiter Quotes

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

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

True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.

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.

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

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.

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.

Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything.

When you focus on want, you become an endless cycle of wants. To get, simply release, and then gently invite.

The more he cast away, the more he had.

Give it all up and you can have it all.

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

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

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.

The more you own, the more you know you don't own.

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

I don't believe there is any point in holding on to too many things in life.

The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think is a great thought.

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

With renunciation life begins.

Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy.