Богатство
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...It's not about wealth, but about ourselves. No matter how much you give to a person, you will not satisfy him (1, part 2, p. 10).
You are wrong to think that material means would give you peace of mind. No, this idea is false. There are people with means in your eyes, but they are more worried than you. Try better to humble yourself, and then you will find peace, as the Lord Himself promised through the Gospel word (see Matthew 11:29). If anyone sends you anything, accept it as from the hand of God and do not be ashamed of poverty. Poverty is not a vice, but the main means to humility and salvation. The incarnate Son of God himself deigned to live in poverty on earth. Remember this and don’t be ashamed... Calm down and call on God’s help (2, part 3, p. 82).
It is in vain that you think that wealth or abundance, or at least sufficiency, would be useful or calming for you. The rich are even more anxious than the poor and lacking. Poverty and insufficiency are closer to both humility and salvation, unless a person is faint-hearted, but places his faith and trust in the all-good Providence of God. Hitherto the Lord has nourished us and is able to do this in the future... (2, part 3, pp. 82–83).
...Content and abundance spoil people. According to the proverb, fat makes animals go crazy (2, part 1, p. 194).
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