Quotes About Contentment

I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.

If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.

Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is too little.

Contented poverty is an honorable estate.

If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people's opinions, you will never be rich.

Orang bodoh tidak puas dengan semua yang dimilikinya. Mereka menyusahkan hati dengan semua yang tidak dimilikinya.

We must exercise ourselves in thte things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.

I am grateful to blessed Nature, because she made what is necessary easy to acquire and what is hard to acquire unnecessary.

Meditate then, on all these things, and on those things which are related to them, both day and night, and both alone and with like-minded companions. For if you will do this, you will never be disturbed while asleep or awake by imagined fears, but you will live like a god among men. For a man who lives among immortal blessings is in no respect like a mortal being.

Jangan iri kepada siapa pun, karena orang baik tidak layak diirikan. Sedangkan orang jahat, semakin mereka makmur, semakin mereka merusak diri sendiri.

Live in obscurity--lathe bi?sas (???? ??????)

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you have was once among the things you only hoped for.

If you wish to make Pythocles wealthy, don't give him more money; rather, reduce his desires.

Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth.

By pleasure we mean the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the soul. It

Bukan kekurangan yang menyakitkan, tetapi menanggung rasa iri yang timbul dari angan-angan yang sia-sia.

Ketidakbahagiaan datang lewat ketakutan atau keinginan yang tidak terkendali.

Orang yang ingin hidup tenteram, jangan menimbulkan kegalauan bagi dirinya sendiri mau pun bagi orang lain.

If you want to make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

The cry of the flesh bids us escape from hunger, thirst, and cold; for he who is free of these and expects to remain so might live in happiness even with Zeus.

?yj?c o chlebie i wodzie, przyjemno?ci cia?a wywo?uj? we mnie groz?, gardz? luksusowymi rozkoszami, nie ze wzgl?du na nie, ale na niewygody z nimi zwi?zane.

Jangan rusakkan yang kita miliki dengan mendambakan apa yang tidak kita miliki. Ingatlah bahwa apa yang kita miliki pun merupakan hadiah keberuntungan.

Buah terbaik dari keadilan adalah ketenteraman.

Death means nothing to us