The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‚If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?‘ But… the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‚If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?‘

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

Money is a strange business. People who haven’t got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.

Money doesn’t talk, it swears.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!

Some people are jerks, and some people aren’t.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

The funny thing is people won’t let me pay for things. I’ll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, ‚Oh no, it’s on the house.‘

Successful people make money. It’s not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.

He that does good to another does good also to himself.

The other day the President said, I know you’ve had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.

Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won’t make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa – and it’s about getting a balance.

Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.

Gold is hoarded. It’s estimated that 95 percent of all gold ever mined is still around.

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits.

We should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows the emissions of greenhouse gases.

Rappers aren’t the really rich ones. We all have nice houses with studios and cars, but you need a piece of someone’s business to be super wealthy.

Palestinians have no wealth or power.

As a young kid, I really wanted to be rich.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn’t got any.

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

You may be rich, but there is one thing you can’t afford – that is, if you are a good sort – you can’t afford to spend money on your own luxuries while there are people around you wanting the necessaries of life.

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness, not by each other’s misery.

I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.

Everybody likes a compliment.

No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.

Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.

You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience.

I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one’s soul.

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

I must be cruel, only to be kind.

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.

Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

Of course, I do everything for money.

A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.

Peace begins with a smile.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

We hand folks over to God’s mercy, and show none ourselves.

A saint serves others, knowing that the more one serves, the greater the opportunity for the Spirit to sanctify and purify.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

Whenever you’re going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These are all spiritual qualities that will help you to align yourself with God and God consciousness rather than with a split fear-based consciousness.

I like to give back.

The happiest people I know as a nation are the Burmese; their brightness and cheeriness are proverbial. Kindness to animals is one of their greatest ‚weaknesses‘; no Burmese will kill an animal, even if it is to put it out of pain.

I think the word rich is all relative.