“Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master of the whole world.”
~ Epicurus
Friedrich Nietzsche on Life
“My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different…”
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
David Hockney on Money
I’ve always had enough money to do what I want to do, for the last 55 years, even when I didn’t have much. And that’s all I’m interested in.
~ David Hockney
Seneca on Poverty
Contented poverty is an honourable estate.
~ Seneca / Epistulae Morales AD Lucilium
Benjamin Franklin on Contentment
He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly, need not be rich.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin on Contentment
Content and riches seldom meet together. Riches take thou, contentment I had rather.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin on Being Content
Better is a little with content than much with contention.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Diogenes on Want
“He has the most who is most content with the least.”
~ Diogenes
Buddha on Peace
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
~ Buddha
Seneca on Contentment
“The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
~ Seneca