Here's some quotes I like from my Environmental Science studies. I think it's interesting they span a wide variety of religions and cultures yet all essentially say the same thing:
The constructive use of riches is better than their possession. Fortune cookie from Chinese restaurant
I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone. All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity. Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind. Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see. Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind. [Now] Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky. It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy. Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind. Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind. Kansas (folk music band)
The rich have excess supplies of the things they don't need, while millions live on the edge of hunger. If everyone would only own what they actually need, no one would have to live in poverty and everyone would be happy. Mahatma Gandhi
Miserable as we seem in thy eyes, we consider ourselves. . . much happier than thou, in this that we are very content with the little that we have. Micmac, American Indian Chief
Whoever in this world overcomes his selfish cravings, his sorrows fall away from him, like drops of water from a lotus flower. Dhammapada, Buddhist
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. Mathew 19:23-24, Christian
Excess and deficiency are equally at fault. Confucius, Confucian
Nothing in excess. Inscription at the Oracle of Delphi
That person who lives completely free from desires, without longing. . . attains peace. Bhagavad-Gita, Hindu
Poverty is my pride. Muhammad, Islamic
Give me neither poverty nor riches. Proverbs 30:8, Jewish
He who knows he has enough is rich. Tao Te Ching, Taoist
A man is rich in proportion to the things he can let alone. Henry David Thoreau
Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find money cannot be eaten. Cree Prophecy
Treat the earth well; it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors; we borrow it from our Children. Ancient Indian Proverb
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