74. On the Potential Benefits of Poverty
On Poverty XX. On Practicing What You Preach 1. If you are in good health and if you think yourself worthy of becoming at last your own master, I am glad. For the credit will be mine, if I can drag you from the floods in which you are being buffeted without hope of emerging. This, […]
61. On Voluntary Poverty and the Traps of Excess
On Voluntary Poverty and the Traps of Excess XVII. On Philosophy and Riches 1. Cast away everything of that sort, if you are wise; nay, rather that you may be wise; strive toward a sound mind at top speed and with your whole strength. If any bond holds you back, untie it, or sever it. “But,” […]
