12th
October
2004
On being wealthy
Categories : Philosophy, Quotes, books |
“Being truly wealthy does not require having many things; rather, it requires having what one longs for. Wealth is not an absolute. It is relative to desire. Every time we yearn for something we cannot afford, we grow pooer, whatever our resources. And every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess.”
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1754) quoted by Alain deBotton in Status Anxiety
