Antisthenes Quotes

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Riches does not mean, having a great amount of property, but riches is self-contentment.

Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth.

He had everything, but he possessed nothing. There is the spiritual secret.

The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches.

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

Happiness is the legal-tender of the soul. Joy is wealth.

The key point to understand is that prosperity is an internal experience, not an external state, and it is an experience that is not tied to having a certain amount of money.

I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.

The world assumes that we are very happy with high mansions, fine carriages, servants and attendants, huge investments, and concubines. But he who is without the honor and strength of the soul can be anything but happy.

Those who have everything but thee, my God, laugh at those who have nothing but thyself.

The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, �He who is content.

The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.

It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.

The Indian may seem poor to we rich Westerners but in matters of the spirit it is we who are the paupers and they who are millionaires.

People who are rich want to be richer, but what's the difference? The toys get different, that's all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It's all relative.

The rich are never as possessed by their riches as the poor are by their poverty.

Happiness is a 'state of mind' which we ourselves have the power to control - and that control lies in our thinking.

That happiness is to be attained through limitless material acquisition is denied by every religion and philosophy known to mankind, but is preached incessantly by every American television set.

Peace of mind, joy and happiness cannot be purchased with money or worldly goods.

To the world I may seem very poor, walking penniless and wearing or carrying in my pockets my only material possessions, but I am really very rich in blessings which no amount of money could buy - health and happiness and inner peace.

The cause of happiness and the solution to our problems do not lie in knowledge of material things. Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind. If we want to be truly happy and free from suffering, we must learn how to control our mind.

There are many kinds of richness, and the man who is rich because of money is the lowest as far as the categories of richness are concerned. Let me say it in this way: the man of wealth is the poorest rich man. Looked at from the side of the poor, he is the richest poor man. Looked at from the side of a creative artist, of a dancer, of a musician, of a scientist, he is the poorest rich man. And as far as the world of ultimate awakening is concerned he cannot even be called rich.

You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.