The wise willingly accept the unwillingness of the foolish to accept what is as part of what is.

You need not be rich or famous to be intelligent, wise, or knowledgeable. And vice versa.

To the wise, peace of mind is the result of being fine with how things are; to the foolish, the result of things being fine.

Enlightenment does not mean making the most of bad situations. It means knowing that every situation is neither good nor bad.

Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants.

Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.

Some people are so wise that they leave you with the impression that they are about a hundred thousand years old.

The second most dangerous thing about money is that it leaves most of the people who have a lot of it with the unshakable belief that they are intelligent and well informed. The most dangerous thing about it is that it leaves most of the people who do not have a lot of money with the very same belief.

Being divorced does not necessarily make one’s advice on marriage useless … or useful.