Grate. On. My. Nerves.

"At the beginning of our life is birth, during which we suffer, and at the end of our life is death, during which we also suffer.  (Ed. Note: Goddammit, another Catch-22.)  Between these two come aging and illness.  (Ed. Note: Shit, it just keeps getting worse.)  No matter how wealthy you are or how physically fit you are, you have to suffer through these circumstances.  (Ed. Note: I don't believe it - I think there's a loophole here somewhere.  The 'No Pain' loophole' which is quite a loophole.  I just have to look harder.) "  The Dali Lama

Boy, this Dali Lama character is really starting to grate on my nerves.

"On top of this comes discontentment.  You want more and more and more.  This, in a sense, is real poverty - always to be hungry, hungry, hungry with no time to be satisfied.  Others might not be rich, but contentment provides them with fewer worries, fewer enemies, fewer problems, and very good sleep."  The Fucking Dali Lama

I attended a high school that was full of very wealthy kids.  And for some of them I really mean very wealthy.  Not a car on their sixteenth birthday but a new car, a new sports car.  The funny thing is that they were no happier than the families who lived on my very ordinary middle class street.

"Human beings act like machines whose function is to make money.  This is absolutely wrong.  The purpose of making money is the happiness of humankind, not the other way round.  Humans are not for money, money is for humans.  We need enough to live, so money is necessary, but we also need to realize that if there is too much attachment to wealth, it does no help at all.  As the saints of India and Tibet tell us, the wealthier one becomes, the more suffering one endures."  Guess Who?