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.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

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.

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper read more

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

Discontent is the seed of ethics

Discontent is the seed of ethics

To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me, the fireplace; behind me, the post. There read more

To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me, the fireplace; behind me, the post. There is no greater happiness than this.

Restlessness and discontent are the necessities of progress.

Restlessness and discontent are the necessities of progress.