The less you desire, the richer you are
“The less you desire, the richer you are, the freer you are, the more powerful you are.” - Ryan Holiday
If you desire little, you need little money to get it.
If you desire much, you need a lot of money to get it.
If being rich is defined as the ability to have what you want, then desiring little makes it much easier to be rich than desiring a lot.
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