Men must not acquire anything superfluous or, if they possess it, must know with certainty that all things in this life are by nature perishable, and easily plundered, lost or broken; and they must not be disheartened by anything that happens.
– St. Anthony the Great, from the Philokalia
Featured image: St. Anthony Tempted by a Heap of Gold. By the Master of the Osservanza Triptych, c. 1435
