*HAPPINESS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RICHNESS OR POVERTY*
*...I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me..."* [Qur'an 2:186]
Bernard Shaw said:
"I cannot say that I have ever really tasted poverty. Before I was ever able to earn a living by means of my pen, I had access to a huge library, the public library of the British Museum, and the best of art exhibits near Trafalgar Square. What could I have done with money? Smoke cigars? But I do not smoke. Drink champagne? But I do not drink. Buy thirty suits in the latest fashion? But then I would quickly be invited to dinner in palaces by those whom I try to avoid as much as possible. Buy horses? But they are dangerous. Cars? But they annoy me. Now I have enough money to buy all of these things, but I only buy what I used to buy when I was poor. My happiness is in the same things that used to help me when I was poor: a book to read, a painting to ponder over, an idea to write. On the other hand, I have a fertile imagination and I cannot remember needing anything more than to lie on my back and imagine myself the way I like, doing whatever I want in my imagination. So, of what use to me are the miserable luxuries that are sold in Bond Street?"
*"Make your house a paradise of tranquility, not a noisy playground, for quietness is a blessing."*
*...I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me..."* [Qur'an 2:186]
Bernard Shaw said:
"I cannot say that I have ever really tasted poverty. Before I was ever able to earn a living by means of my pen, I had access to a huge library, the public library of the British Museum, and the best of art exhibits near Trafalgar Square. What could I have done with money? Smoke cigars? But I do not smoke. Drink champagne? But I do not drink. Buy thirty suits in the latest fashion? But then I would quickly be invited to dinner in palaces by those whom I try to avoid as much as possible. Buy horses? But they are dangerous. Cars? But they annoy me. Now I have enough money to buy all of these things, but I only buy what I used to buy when I was poor. My happiness is in the same things that used to help me when I was poor: a book to read, a painting to ponder over, an idea to write. On the other hand, I have a fertile imagination and I cannot remember needing anything more than to lie on my back and imagine myself the way I like, doing whatever I want in my imagination. So, of what use to me are the miserable luxuries that are sold in Bond Street?"
*"Make your house a paradise of tranquility, not a noisy playground, for quietness is a blessing."*
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