The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we read more

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead read more

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.

Make sure you want it enough.

Make sure you want it enough.

If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.

If you want to gather a lot of knowledge, act as if you are ignorant.

Abundance, like want, ruins many.

Abundance, like want, ruins many.

I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.

I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.

The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.

The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.

He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.

He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.

It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.

It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.