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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.

Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

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.