Quotes About Abundance

The] utility resulting from any small increase in wealth will be inversely proportionate to the quantity of goods previously possessed.

Egoism... is not eliminated by economic reorganization or by material abundance. When basic needs are satisfied, new 'needs' emerge. In our society, people want no simply clothes, but fashionable clothes; not shelter, but a house to display their wealth and taste.

Ubiquity must never be mistaken for biology.

I am going to make too much money today, Mikhail. I will have to give you some of it or my conscience will trouble me-not too much, though. I do not have a very large conscience.

An argument ensued about abundance, leisure, work, nature, and what a second girl kept calling 'the American way.' When I asked her what she meant by 'the American way,' she said, 'Basically the destruction of everything--the world, your happiness, your soul, everything. The complete package. Evil and war. That's who we are, Mr. Countryman.'

The island was said to be "completely covered with pigeons." Thousands of them fattened on the raspberries, and the settlers fed on the pigeons.16

According to the Bible, the antidote to materialism is generosity.

Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,' nor any scorching heat" (NIV). What an encouraging scene!

You just take and take don´t you? Out there with your thumb in the air—not a care in the world, just grabbing whatever you can get. Yes, sir, you just take and take until you´re ready to burst. But what about giving? Did you ever think about that? Of course not—you´re too busy taking, Mr. Handout, Mr. Gimmee, Gimmee, Gimmee.

You can't brace yourself for famine if you've never known hunger; it is foolish even to try. The most you can do is eat up while you still can, stuffing yourself, shoveling it in with both hands and licking clean the plates, recalling every course in vivid detail.

In the continuous flow of blessing our heart finds meaning and rest.

To eat and drink, and be happy in one's toil: this is the grace of God.

She never had much in this life, but with the simplest things, she made her corner of the world as beautiful as any king's palace. We may lack riches, but the greatest fortune is what lies in our hearts.

Lakshmi, goddess of wealth

That's life. The celebration of the superfluous.

Eres como Dios cuando fabricas productos para enriquecer las vidas de los demás, no para obtener un beneficio. El benefició vendrá, pero debe ser el Efecto y no la Causa de tu trabajo.

We've been filled with great treasure for one purpose: to be spilled.

Maybe luxury is the easiest matrix to pass through. Maybe nothing is easier to get used to than money.

It was a garden of abundance and decay: the tomatoes were too ripe, the marijuana too strong, woodlice were hiding under everything.

The best richness is the richness of the soul;

You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.

The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for

We don't need an abundance of things.

I think there's an abundance of talent in America and there will never be not a lot of talent out there.