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Man wants but little here below nor wants that little long.

Oliver Goldsmith
Man wants but little here below nor wants that little long.

A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.

Marcus Annaeus Seneca
A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.

Perhaps, the secret in reaching that ever eluding state of personal contentment, lies in finding the balance between not caring too much and not giving a damn.

Francois Bonthuys
Perhaps, the secret in reaching that ever eluding state of personal contentment, lies in finding the balance between not caring too much and not giving a damn.

Happiness was not a word that seemed to apply anymore, when she had lost so many close to her. There was a contentment that felt deeper, that acknowledged and accepted the quieter offerings of small...

Peter Heller Celine
Happiness was not a word that seemed to apply anymore, when she had lost so many close to her. There was a contentment that felt deeper, that acknowledged and accepted the quieter offerings of small joys - - of love and occasional peace in a life that was full of pain.

True affluence is not needing anything.

Gary Snyder
True affluence is not needing anything.

I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no...

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.

... you need to travel to see the ocean - I don't need the ocean - I have the sky...

John Geddes A Familiar Rain
... you need to travel to see the ocean - I don't need the ocean - I have the sky...

A bowl of diligence and perseverance, a cup of faith and a pinch of inspiration mixed with a spoon of contentment are the ingredients of a delicious success. Cook yours well.

Joe Mari Fadrigalan
A bowl of diligence and perseverance, a cup of faith and a pinch of inspiration mixed with a spoon of contentment are the ingredients of a delicious success. Cook yours well.

Contentment and gratitude are signs that you are worthy of further receivership.

Bryant McGill Simple...
Contentment and gratitude are signs that you are worthy of further receivership.

Charlie Brown: A penny! Rats! Why couldn't I have found a nickel? What good is a penny these days? Why do things like that always happen to me?! *walks off frustrated* Lucy: Gee, he found a penny! Why...

Charles M. Schulz The Complete...
Charlie Brown: A penny! Rats! Why couldn't I have found a nickel? What good is a penny these days? Why do things like that always happen to me?! *walks off frustrated* Lucy: Gee, he found a penny! Why don't things like that ever happen to me?

The blessed privilege of obtaining glorious riches in Jesus Christ, makes me content with life.

Lailah Gifty Akita Think Great: Be...
The blessed privilege of obtaining glorious riches in Jesus Christ, makes me content with life.

A joyful life, life of contentment.

Lailah Gifty Akita Think Great: Be...
A joyful life, life of contentment.

She had had her momentary flowering, a year, perhaps, of wildrose beauty, and then she had suddenly swollen like a fertilized fruit and grown hard and red and coarse, and then her life had been...

George Orwell 1984
She had had her momentary flowering, a year, perhaps, of wildrose beauty, and then she had suddenly swollen like a fertilized fruit and grown hard and red and coarse, and then her life had been laundering, scrubbing, laundering, first for children, then for grandchildren, over thirty years. At the end of it she was still singing.

I'm done. I don't need anything more out of life. I have you, and that's enough.

Alessandra Torre
I'm done. I don't need anything more out of life. I have you, and that's enough.

Our soul and the sky and the earth are enough for us. Wanting more is to lose this and to be unhappy.

Fernando Pessoa Complete Poems...
Our soul and the sky and the earth are enough for us. Wanting more is to lose this and to be unhappy.
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