“If thou wilt be rich, be poor unto the world that thou mayest be rich unto God. He that is rich in faith, in simplicity, in mercy, in wisdom, in knowledge, he is rich unto God. There are those who in poverty have abundance, and those who in the midst of riches are in want.”
Ambrose of Milan as cited in St. Ambrose: His Life, Time and Teaching by Robinson Thornton (London: SPCK, 1879) 194.