Quotes About Sufficiency

I was working at Lowes and Target, then FedEx, and still did not have enough money to pay rent on my own.

Fairness means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.

To them, happiness was not, as it often is in present-day discussions, simply a subjective state, such as might be induced by chemicals; it meant attaining the preconditions for personal happiness, including domestic affection, material sufficiency and a suitable degree of freedom.

Freedom is not having everything we crave, it's being able to go without the things we crave and being OK with it.

I wasna fou, but just had plenty.

THERE IS ENOUGH FOR ALL.

You can't make bricks without straw, and most of the time all the straw you got is secondhand straw from the cowpen.

I don't want them to know the feeling of want

Mrs. Binnie says we throw out more with a spoon than the men can be bringing in with a shovel...Binnie-like. Our men like the good living. And what if we don't be having too much money, Patsy dear? Sure and we do have lashings of things no money could be buying. There'll be enough squeezed out for Cuddles when the time comes. The Good Man Above will be seeing to that.

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it," he added, a little solemnly.

He taught me that I was enough, beautiful enough, tall enough, strong enough, just enough.

The only number that would ever be enough is 0.

There is never enough light." To which I responded without thought: "For women perhaps. We men are less exigent.

A man must always live by his work, and his wages must at least be sufficient to maintain him. They must even upon most occasions be somewhat more; otherwise it would be impossible for him to bring up a family, and the race of such workmen could not last beyond the first generation.

Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further.

There is nothing missing.

No hay nada repartido de modo más equitativo en el mundo que la razón: todo el mundo está convencido de tener suficiente.

Tidak ada seorang pun mampu melengkapi apa yang sudah utuh. dan Tidak ada sesuatu pun dapat mengisi apa yang sudah penuh.

What we need is here. —Wendell Berry

Happiness is being contented with what you got-- so get enough.

Equal distribution of wealth does not mean we all should be millionaires — it only means no one should die of hunger.

I have often noticed that when chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them. I wonder if it might not be the same with the human race.

In the contemplation of nudes, we congratulate ourselves upon the beauty of which human beings are capable. They reassure us about ourselves, about Being. We are a little lower than the angels, true, but notice that we can get along without that suspect radiance, equal parts paint and literature, on which the angels lean so heavily. The human body is, or can be, a sufficiency.

We've got everything we need right here, and everything we need is enough.