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Whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and read more
Whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom.
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
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.
Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for read more
Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.
Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.
Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.
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.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when its right, it's the best thing in the world. When read more
You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when its right, it's the best thing in the world. When you're in a relationship and it's good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.