Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.

There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. read more

There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants. The second loses what it has. There's no cure for the first, but success and there's no cure at all for the second.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of read more

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.

Patience is the key to contentment.

Patience is the key to contentment.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.