Tao Te Ching 33

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.
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True wisdom, true power and true wealth are rarely what they seem to be. They are often the opposite of what they seem to be. Those who seek wisdom, power or wealth must first look inside. They should not look outside until they know themselves and have mastered themselves. That work should keep them busy for a while.

As for wealth – being rich – it’s a state of mind. When you think you have enough, then you have all that you need or want. Those of us who have adequate shelter, enough food to eat, clean clothes to wear, and access to healthcare are thereby able to declare ourselves to be rich at any point in time. We only need to become aware that we have enough, that in the grand scheme of events and circumstances we have our share of the world’s resources.

It may be fair to say that anyone who can access and read these words has enough and is truly rich, whether they know it or not.