Quotes About Wealth

Short Quotes

"The rich may chase their dreams and dress themselves up, but inside they are living in poverty."

• The Redeemer (January 18, 2010)

"Here the poor are often more rich in spirit than the rich themselves, who have a great competing agenda differing from their primary purpose and function of being in the world."

"The power of force, the power of wealth, the attractions of beauty and charm ultimately cannot compete or compare with [God's Power and Presence]."

• God's Power and Presence in the World, April 23, 2011

Long Quotes

"The highly educated, the highly sophisticated—people who indulge themselves in ideas and beliefs and social trends—have a great difficulty, whereas a simple poor person can respond more immediately. It is a curious thing that the more that people have and pretend to be, the more difficult it is for them to have this clarity, this simplicity, and this honesty."

• Integrity (April 6, 2011)

"The wealthy are far more deluded than the poor. They are far more distracted. They are far more seduced. They have far greater attachments to things of little value than do the poor."

• What Happens After Death (July 11, 2008)

"People who give themselves to accumulating wealth and accumulating possessions find a great emptiness there, as if they were hollow on the inside. Now they become caretakers of their possessions, as if they were museum keepers of all the things they have collected in their lives, but as individuals they are hollow. There is nothing inspiring about them. There is nothing really important that has come out of them. They have not found their greater purpose in the world."

• The New Message for Young People (Aug 18, 2008)