It is astonishing how little one feels poverty when one loves. I only wish I'd realized it sooner. O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor. The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm. Neither man nor nation can exist without a sublime idea.
Money is like an arm or leg - use it or loose it.
God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get things. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life. The person who is waiting for something to turn up might start with their shirt sleeves. The cultivation of disquietude for disquietude's sake. The beauty of having a low income is that there is not enough money to buy what you don't really need.