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Belåtenhet är naturlig rikedom, lyx är artificiell fattigdom. | Sokrates (470 f.Kr.-399 f.Kr.) |
Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase | John Balguy |
There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment. | Swami Sivananda (1887-1963) |
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. | Lao-Tse (604 f.Kr.-531 f.Kr.) |
We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory. | Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) |
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander. | Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) |
What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life | Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) |
Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is | Josh Billings (1818-1885) |
If the Giver gives you a hill to plough, don’t level it. | Arabian Proverb |
The time we enjoy wasting is usually a good indicator of our real values… The best things in life feel like we feel when we waste our time! | Harold J. Duarte-Bernhardt |
It is better to want what you have than to have what you want. | Proverb |