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"Money - it can buy you a moment of glee but not a lifetime of happiness."
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"Cheerful poor is rich with a smile, sulky rich is poor with a bullion of gold."

"Time is the greatest wealth in the world and only through conversion of time can money be made."

"When you don't have enough or you run out, you feel in your core that the leak has begun and there will be no end to the leakage. And this makes you feel like a chump. Whereas having some money gives you the conviction that you're not naked in the howling wind, even though you basically are, existentially."

"Time is the wealth through which money comes."

"The wealth of time is actually of more value than natural resources."

"You can only make money from a time well converted."

"When the going gets tough: the poor close their eyes, the rich open their wallets."

"To misuse wealth is a great fault."
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"Who will you be, my Little Ones? Will you dance for the fires of your youth and run at midnight to water's edge, diving into summer's heat? Will you ride a wild mare to any thought or dream or love of your making? Will you seek the artistry of your own infatuations and explore . . ."

"I want to remember warming your two a.m. bottle, clipping your locks, watching you be baptized, bathing you in the big porcelain sink, how I often laid you against my chest and felt the cradlesong of your tiny breaths as you fell asleep . . ."

"I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven't seen, how much I'm not going to see, and how much I still need to see."

"Spring is a time to make up a big bouquet of flowers for someone you love, or are trying to love, or are in love with."

"I promise to dream with you both great dreams and small dreams. To ask your counsel in times of uncertainty. To honor your silence when you seek to be alone. To be ever wondrous at your curiosities and revelations. And to be ever rejuvenated by your passions . . ."

"I travel to be replenished with beauty, for travel makes the beauty of this world seem like a Christmas that never ends. I travel for the jolting, angelic act of seeking strangeness and newness and profoundness . . ."

"Remember, Little Ones, everything is not important all the time. Only living is important all the time. Not things. Not money. Not more things and more endless money. Spend well the quality of your time. And yes, be greedy with your hours. If only to then give those hours away as the most precious gifts you have to offer to yourself, your family, and your friends."
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