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.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once read more

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

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

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

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.

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good read more

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire read more

The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 read more

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 small uncaring ways.

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, read more

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.