A man asked a rabbi...
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A man asked a rabbi how he could be living a full life despite having so little.
"Between poverty and wealth, I always choose poverty," he said.
"It protects me from being egotistical, and evil doesn't waste its time with temptations of selfishness.
"It costs no money, and is easily attainable, and there is no competition; nobody is jealous or suspicious of me, and everybody understands the concept.
"I ask my friends not to deprive me of my poverty. It is a great treasure."
--Lintern
"Between poverty and wealth, I always choose poverty," he said.
"It protects me from being egotistical, and evil doesn't waste its time with temptations of selfishness.
"It costs no money, and is easily attainable, and there is no competition; nobody is jealous or suspicious of me, and everybody understands the concept.
"I ask my friends not to deprive me of my poverty. It is a great treasure."
--Lintern
