We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves. I wish for all this to be m...
..luxury is the enemy of observation, a costly indulgence that induces such a good feeling that you notice nothing. Luxury spoils and infantilizes you and prevents you from knowing the world. That is its purpose, the reason why luxury cruises and gre...
Why did they all have to tread so very delicately around Celeste's money? It was like wealth was an embarrassing medical condition. It was the same with Celeste's beauty. Strangers gave Celeste the same furtive looks they gave to people with missing ...
You've got that eternal idiotic idea that if anarchy came it would come from the poor. Why should it? The poor have been rebels, but they have never been anarchists; they have more interest than anyone else in there being some decent government. The ...
When I seek him, root my values and desires in him, when I found my relationships and sense of self on him, my capacity for joy increases. The more I "have" Jesus, the deeper my enjoyment of him. He increases my desire for those things that are good,...
Calvera: Last month we were in San Juan. Rich town. Sit down. Rich town, much blessed by God. Big church. Not like here - little church, priest comes twice a year. BIG one. You'd think we'd find gold candlesticks. Poor box filled to overflowing. Do y...
Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear, Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear. So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows As yonder lady o'er her fellows ...
Buy laughter with tears, and you'll be rich forever.
Yanked out of the present, Adam discovered the richness of the past in people's stories.
The means to laying up treasure in heaven is by giving to the poor.
I am very rich because of 'Chic' - artistically as well as spiritually. It's been an amazing life.
Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the seedy offers.
Many will want what you have, but few will do what you do.
Better poetry than riches, Better poverty than fortunes.
To become a filthy rich, first you need to be filthy.
The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.
A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits.
If you put the “rich” in ostrich, I’ll put in the “ost.
Life… For some it is battle for others its dance...For rich it is party for poor it is chance!
In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.
It doesn't matter how rich you are - you know when you're being ripped off.
