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

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

It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.

It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.

Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all.

Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all.

It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.

It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

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.

Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.

Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.