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"Be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want."
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"The wealth we receive from God will never cause us to weep."

"Being satisfied with the little we have; academically, spiritually, financially, ecumenically or otherwise will prevent a lot of problems from coming to us, and our dependence in our abilities and talents will go as far as bringing us satisfaction in life."

"I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own."

"The easiest way to combat greed is by recognizing the value of contentment and simplicity."

"Contentment is what should be our focus rather than expecting miracles."

"I may never be happy, but tonight I am content. Nothing more than an empty house, the warm hazy weariness from a day spent setting strawberry runners in the sun, a glass of cool sweet milk, and a shallow dish of blueberries bathed in cream. When one is so tired at the end of a day one must sleep, and at the next dawn there are more strawberry runners to set, and so one goes on living, near the earth. At times like this I'd call myself a fool to ask for more."

"Most people desire comfort and pleasure."

"Not he who has little but he who wishes more is poor."
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"Come writers and criticsWho prophesize with your penAnd keep your eyes wideThe chance won't come againAnd don't speak too soonFor the wheel's still in spinAnd there's no tellin' whoThat it's namin'For the loser nowWill be later to winFor the times they are a-changin'."

"The future for me is already a thing of the past -You were my first love and you will be my last."

"In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall."

"Look, you know i don't wanna come on ungrateful, but that warren report, you know as well as me, just didn't make it. You know, like they might as well have asked some banana salesman from des moines, who was up in toronto on the big day, if he saw anyone around looking suspicious/..."

"All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die."

"I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are both just illusions that can manipulate you into thinking theres some kind of change."
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