Saturday, January 26, 2013

Rich Man, Poor Man

Once we accumulate things it is very difficult to let go of our possessions.

We appear to be rich, but our dependence on material wealth makes us poor for, as Thoreau wrote, "a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone."
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