"The greatest wealth is poverty of desires."

-- Seneca

"Our way to practice is one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea."

-- Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi

"That thou mayest have pleasure in everything, seek pleasure in nothing."

-- St. John of the Cross

"The secret waits for eyes unclouded by longing."

-- Lao Tzu