The way that he does not take money seriously does not mean he has to be broke. There are many sources of happiness, books being one.

Money stupefies, not enriches people. I am not saying we can live without it, I think what he is trying to say is: there are other important things to do in life other than pursuing monetary wealth.

Once, there was a nurse told me it saddened her to see people die with regrets, in a desperation to cling on to life. The wealth they had accumulated over years did nothing to ease that panic that they were leaving this world, finally as an equal - also started as an equal.