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"A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand."
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"Contentment comes from wanting what we need, not needing what we want."
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"Want is always hungry and searching whereas contentment is steady, calm and receiving."
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"If I continually focus on what I don't have, my life will always be completely empty despite the fact that it's completely full."
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"I believe in the possibility of happiness if one cultivates intuition and outlives the grosser passions including optimism."
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"He who is happy in his hut is better than he who is miserable in his palace."
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"Contentment is what should be our focus rather than expecting miracles."
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"Better life begins the moment you learn to be content with what you already have."
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"Never be content with your work, your relationships, your life. That's the stupid advice philosophers give today."
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"Most people desire comfort and pleasure."
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"Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience."
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"We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality."
Fear
"Where fear is happiness is not."
Emotion
"No man can live happily who regards himself alone who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another if thou wishest to live for thyself."
Ethics
"Not he who has little but he who wishes more is poor."
Contentment
"For the great benefits of our being- our life health and reason-we look upon ourselves."
Life
"Nothing is ours except time."
Time
"There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?"
Mindset
"We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth and for the great benefits of our being our life health and reason we look upon ourselves as under no obligation."
Philosophy
"He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility."
Loyalty
"The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity."
Moderation
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