Quotes About Contentment

One who understands the limits of the good life knows that what eliminates the pains brought on by need and what makes the whole of life perfect is easily obtained, so that there is no need for enterprises that entail the struggle for success.19

A free man cannot acquire many possessions, because this is no easy feat without becoming a hireling of mobs or dynasts. And yet he has a constant abundance of everything, and if he should chance to gain many possessions, he could easily portion them out so as to win his neighbors' good will.

Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little.

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

Quando o prazer está presente, desde que seja ininterrupto, não há dor nem do corpo, nem da mente, nem de ambos ao mesmo tempo

O ser feliz e eterno não se perturba a si mesmo e não causa problemas a nenhum outro ser; por isso ele está livre de impulsos de ira e parcialidade, pois cada um desses impulsos implica fraqueza.

A magnitude do prazer atinge seu máximo limite na remoção de toda dor.

além disso, lhes ensinassem a limitar seus desejos, nunca teríamos nenhuma falha a encontrar com tais pessoas, pois elas seriam então preenchidas com prazeres que transbordariam por todos os lados e estariam livres de toda dor,

The impassive soul disturbs neither itself nor others.

The magnitude of pleasure reaches its limit in the removal of all pain. When pleasure is present, so long as it is uninterrupted, there is no pain either of body or of mind or of both together.

Si quieres ser feliz, vive oculto

Don't ruin the things you have by wanting what you don't have, but realize that they too are things you once did wish for.

Nature's wealth is limited and easy to acquire; but the wealth of vain fancies recedes to an infinite distance.

Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo

Per noi è molto importante la capacità di dire no ai desideri, non perché dobbiamo sempre accontentarci di poco, ma perché quando non abbiamo molto possiamo comunque apprezzare il poco che abbiamo.

Nichts genügt dem, für den genug zu wenig ist.

And if nobody ever hears from me again, It would be okay, And if nobody ever knows where I am, I won't mind, Because I would know where I am, And than is the most important thing.

I have a car but it's not important.

All I am certain of right now is that I don't want to go anywhere, and that's not bad for someone who always used to run.

Glac bóg an saol agus glacfaidh an saol bóg thú. (Take life fine and easy and life will be fine and easy on you.) Tailor Buckley 'Tim' (1863-1945)

I don't want to be famous. I want to be secure. I don't want the world. I just want a piece of it. I want people to remember Eric Davis.

It's like, now you're actually complaining because you're making $9 million and guys are making more? If it makes you that upset, quit. Leave the game. Go home then and try finding another job that's going to pay you that.

People spend time worrying about things they think they have to have and lose perception of what they do have. You can have all the money and material things you want. If you aren't here to enjoy them, what good do they do?

You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.