Have God…
He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
The more we have…
The more we have the less we own.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
No one is really happy…
No one is really happy merely because of having what they want, but only if they want things they ought to want.
— Saint Augustine (354-430)
Shun luxury…
If you would rise, shun luxury, for luxury lowers and degrades.
— Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
We depart empty-handed…
The things of this world do not remain constantly with us, for if we do not leave them before we actually die, in death at least we all infallibly depart as empty-handed as we came.
— Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Wishes for goods…
He who wishes for goods will never have devotion.
— Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
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