安 (peaceful) 貧 (poor) 樂 (happy) 道 (way)
It seems so clear, yet when it comes to money, people are conflicted on their way to beatitude.***
"Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn't got money." -- David Geffen
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"People who grow rich almost always improve their sex life. More people want to have sex with them. That’s just the way human beings work. Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac. Money did not make me happy. But it definitely improved my sex life." -- Felix Dennis
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The following passage is slightly modified from Pico Iyer's article in Time magazine.
Long before "positive psychology" became a boom in the West, King Jigme (King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan) suggested that nations be measured by "gross national happiness"; the rich are not always happy, after all, while the happy generally consider themselves rich.
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"If we agree that the bottom line of life is happiness, not success, then it makes perfect sense to say that it is the journey that counts, not reaching the destination." - Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
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"Blessed are the poor; for they shall inherit the earth.
Better to be poor than be a fat man in the eye of a needle." -- Sting
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