Zeno of Citium: Wealth is the ability to fully use the goods of fortune.

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Wealth is the ability to fully use the goods of fortune.

Zeno of Citium · Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers · paraphrase

What it means today

Wealth is not what you have; it is what you can do with it. A poor person with a generous, capable mind is wealthier than a rich one who has not learned to use what they have.

Try this todayTake stock of what you have and ask, honestly, how much of it you are actually using.

Today’s questionAm I rich in possessions, or rich in the use of them?

#wealth #use #ability

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