Thoughts on wealth

Published: Nov 18, 2017 06:55:46 AM IST

Updated: Nov 18, 2017 08:13:39 AM IST

Most people would assume my business success, and the wealth that comes with it, have brought me happiness. But I know I am successful, wealthy and connected because I am happy.
— Richard Branson

Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
— Seneca

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.
— Warren Buffett

If you are willing to do only what’s easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what’s hard, life will be easy.
— T Harv Eker

Spiritual people should not be ashamed of being wealthy.

— Deepak Chopra

If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.
— George Monbiot

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

— Oscar Wilde

People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.
— Jerry Lewis

I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamt of so they can see that it’s not the answer.

— Jim Carrey

Image: Branson: Lucy Nicholson / Reuters; Wilde: Shutterstock; Lewis: Regis Duvignau / Reuters; Carrey: Susana Vera; Chopra: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images; Buffett: Lucas Jackson / Reuters

(This story appears in the 29 December, 2017 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)