As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
~ George Bernard Shaw
Josemaría Escrivá on Enough
“Don’t forget it: he has most who needs least. Don’t create needs for yourself.”
~ Josemaría Escrivá / Quoted in The Atlantic
Epicurus on Enough
He who has learned the limits of life knows that it is easy to provide that which removes the feeling of pain owing to want and makes one’s whole life perfect. So there is no need for things which involve struggle.
~ Epicurus
Wilson, Catherine. The Pleasure Principle: Epicureanism: A Philosophy for Modern Living (p. 243). HarperCollins Publishers. Kindle Edition.
Cicero on Gardens
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
~ Cicero
Chrysippus on Want
“Wise people are in want of nothing and yet need many things. On the other hand, nothing is needed by fools, for they do not understand how to use anything but are in want of everything.”
~ Chrysippus
Diogenes on Want
“He has the most who is most content with the least.”
~ Diogenes