498. Perfection and Frugality

"Perfection is not when there is no more to add but when there is no more to take away." - Antoine de Saint Exupery.

Less is always better than more. On the spiritual path, we need to shed our attachments to material things and to the mental and emotional burdens we seem to constantly pick up.

"It is vain to do with more what can be done with less." -William of Ockham.

324. Maintaining the Balance of Financial Power in your favour

Always encourage extravagance and indebtedness in others while observing the virtues of thrift austerity and frugality yourself thus maintaining the balance of power in your favour.