I never grew up with money, and I never wanted a lot of material things.

I grew up with very little - so material things have never been that important for me.

Blessed is he who expects nothing," said Francis of Assisi, "for he shall enjoy everything.

Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less is more.

We imagine that one or two big things will have a profound effect [on our happiness]. But it looks like happiness is the sum of hundreds of small things….The small stuff matters.

When you love what you have, you have everything you need.

I'm not a human interest story, man. I'm just a musician trying to make some small records and be happy, be peaceful.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee, thou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the lonely waste of the pinewoods.

Matthew Henry, the Puritan preacher and Bible commentator, made this statement after a thief stole his money: "Let me be thankful first because I was never robbed before; second, although they took my purse, they did not take my life; third, because, although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed, not I who robbed.

Every item I add to my possessions is one more thing to think about, talk about, clean, repair, display, rearrange, and replace when it goes bad.

Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. Philippians 4:11—12, NLT