Shota Rustaveli

"Whatever you give away is yours,

Everything else is lost"

-Shota Rustaveli,
Georgian medieval poet.

I think, these words are enough to make anyone wise (if words can, at all).

Everything you have or do is indeed but a chance to help others, to give something away. Keeping things until you either loose them or die yourself is senseless.

Sorry for the poor translation. Some poets are worth learning the language.