Quotes About Riches

From all around the Third World, You hear the same story; Rulers Asleep to all things at All times - Conscious only of Riches, which they gather in a Coma - Intravenously So that You wouldn't know they were Feeding if it was not for the Occasional Tell-tale trickle somewhere Around the mouth. And when they are jolted awake, They stare about them with Unseeing eyes, just Sleepwalkers in a nightmare.

All riches have their origin in mind. Wealth is in ideas - not money.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

The most valuable wealth of a man is his knowledge, which cannot be destroyed; all other riches that he has gained are not considered to be wealth at all.

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.

I asked certain rich men if they felt embittered. 'How could we not?' they said. So I asked them what caused this anguish. They blamed their wealth.

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

Nothing is more fallacious than wealth. It is a hostile comrade, a domestic enemy.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

What is wealth? A dream of fools.

If you go into the old covenant, do you think that the Jewish people believe that you should be broke? They believe in wealth.

Capitalism has proven to be the only system that works, but the problem with capitalism is that extreme wealth ends up in the hands of a few people.

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.

The quantity of a man's wealth will not last long if his generous nature is not balanced with the size of his property.

My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing.

The key to wealth is not what we earn. It is in what is spent on us.

Wealth and compassion are opposites.

Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordlings enjoy.

The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.

I photograph wealth.

Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros.

What's dangerous is the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few individuals.