You ask what is the proper limit to a person’s wealth? First, having what is essential, and second, having what is enough.

Seneca

Lead an Examined Life

Yvon Chouinard

Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4: 1. Get enough food to eat, and eat it. 2. Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, and sleep there. 3. Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it. 4.

Richard Brautigan